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The AfD is on the cusp of becoming the first populist-right group to run a German state since the second world war. For Germany, it is a red alert. We explain what the ruling coalition should do next: bit.ly/4xc4Aha Photo: Getty Images

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The Economist center
The AfD is on the cusp of becoming the first populist-right group to run a German state since the second world war. For Germany, it is a red alert. We explain what the ruling coalition should do next: bit.ly/4xc4Aha Photo: Getty Images
The Guardian left
After the AfD’s landslide win in Saxony-Anhalt, people in the state capital share what they make of the result – and what comes next • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Asking residents in a city where a seismic political event has just taken place ‘How do you feel?’ demands chutzpah – this struck me as I walked around Magdeburg, Germany on Monday. The night before, the far-right populist, anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin party Alternative für Deustchland (AfD) had landsl