Year of Elections

Far Right Puts German Stability to the Test in Regional Votes

The right-wing AfD party leads protests against rising prices. — The right-wing AfD party leads protests against rising prices.
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By Christoph Rauwald and Jana Randow

August 29, 2024 at 11:30 AM UTC

Welcome to the Year of the Elections, Bloomberg’s newsletter on the votes that matter to markets, business, and policy amid the most fragmented geo-economic landscape in decades.

German regional elections used to be largely domestic affairs, but that may change on Sunday. In Saxony and Thuringia in the former communist east, the far-right Alternative for Germany could win the most votes in at least one of the nation’s 16 federal states for the first time.