PoliticsWill AfD win in Germany boost France’s far right?

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) came first in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt state election, exit polls showed, bringing the far-right party close to taking state-level power for the first time since World War Two. The result has drawn attention across Europe, particularly in France ahead of next year’s national election, when veteran far-right politician Marine Le Pen could become president.