Parliamentary elections in the
German states of
Saxony and
Thuringia show large gains for the right-wing
populist Alternative for Germany party and the left-wing populist
BĂĽndnis Sahra Wagenknecht party as well as losses for the left-wing and liberal parties of
the governing coalition and for the socialist
The Left party. In Thuringia, a
far-right party comes in first place in a state election for the first time since
World War II.