Far-left

Both far-left and far-right German political parties are at their strongest in the former East German states.

Unfortunately there's no political movement to be found here that isn't either far-right or far-left.

In another worrying development for Germany’s mainstream, the fledgling Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) – a far-left party that has questioned the country’s support for Ukraine and shares some of the AfD’s anti-immigration streak – came third in both states, despite only being founded earlier this year.