Alternative for Germany (AfD) obtained an overwhelming victory in the regional elections on Sunday, winning 43.8% of the votes and far ahead of all other parties. However, despite the expressive victory, AfD failed to achieve an absolute majority in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, having secured only 39 deputies out of a total of 83 seats.
A left-wing populist party, pro-Russia and founded by a former communist, expressed willingness to provide the decisive votes necessary to allow the German far-right to form its first regional government in Germany.
This situation presents German politics with an unprecedented scenario, with the possibility of a far-right party coming to power at the regional level for the first time in the country's recent history. The support of the left-wing party would be sufficient to fill the lack of absolute majority of AfD.
