Germany’s far right eyes Saxony-Anhalt as springboard to national power

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is preparing for a potential historic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, aiming to use its first governing role as a springboard for national power. The party has devised a strategy to dismantle the political firewall against it by pursuing radical changes, such as a "deportation task force" and revising school history curricula, while blending these with mundane policies to avoid alienating moderate voters. It plans to fill up to 200 civil service positions with loyalists to implement its agenda. The AfD has sought advice from Austria's far-right Freedom Party and prepared legal defenses against expected opposition. Mainstream parties are considering countermeasures, including blocking an AfD interior minister from sensitive meetings and potentially cutting federal funding, while the AfD aims to avoid the chaos seen in the U.S. under President Trump.