Nowhere in Germany does the AfD appear more right-wing and radical than in eastern Germany. Nevertheless, the AfD became the second-strongest party in the last state election in Saxony-Anhalt. But why can the party afford to take such a course there? Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Steffen Mau spoke with Deutschlandfunk Kultur and Focus Online about the background before the election in the eastern German state. The articles are only available in German.