Polling Stations Open in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt, Far-Right Could Come to Power

The vote in Saxony-Anhalt, a region of 2.1 million people west of Berlin, has been given outsized significance because it presents the greatest chance so far for a representative of the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to become governor. This would be the greatest success in the 13-year history of the party at a time when there is widespread dissatisfaction with the unpopular national government, which has yet to convince voters it