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How East Germany became a stronghold of the far right
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How East Germany became a stronghold of the far right

ZAP Notícias6 September 2026 at 09:30

Voters in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in eastern Germany, could give this Sunday a victory to a far-right party. If the Alternative for Germany (AfD) wins an absolute majority of seats, it will go down in history as the first far-right party to govern a German state since 1945.

According to the federal government's commissioner for the east of the country, Elisabeth Kaiser, this reality is explained by the persistent divisions in relation to the west, almost 40 years after German reunification. The issue involves the phenomenon of "Ostalgie," a nostalgia for former East Germany, but it is not limited to that.

The political identity of the former East German regions continues to deeply shape the voting behavior of the population, creating a favorable context for the rise of radical parties in the region.

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