The AfD after its triumph in Saxony-Anhalt. The pro-Russian left-wing BSW may pave the way for it to take power

Center-right politicians believe they can court the far right. Meanwhile, the Tories are losing ground to Nigel Farage’s improvement Party, and the French Republicans have handed an full wing over to Marine Le Pen. In Saxony-Anhalt, the leader of the far-right AfD is just 5 votes distant from becoming prime minister—the votes of Sahra Wagenknecht’s populist, pro-Russian left-wing faction.