# Germany’s firewall meant to hold back the far right may have done the opposite

https://mins.news/en/item/26312

- The Guardian, 2026-08-19 14:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/germanys-firewall-was-meant-to-hold-the-far-right-at-bay-it-may-have-done-the-reverse

> Saxony-Anhalt will vote on 6 September in a potentially pivotal state election. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland, which leads polling there, could win enough support to govern alone for the first time, breaking Germany’s postwar political consensus against cooperation with the far right and weakening unity in Germany and the EU.

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