Once branded an ‘extremist group’, will AfD form Germany’s first far-right state govt since the Nazi era?

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a resounding victory in a regional election on Sunday, putting the far-right party within reach of forming Germany’s first far-right state government since the Nazi era.
The party of Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered a disastrous defeat in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, dealing a major blow to his centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU).