Germans are casting their votes on Sunday in Saxony and Thuringia, in the east of the country, in an election that could see the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the strongest party for the first time and produce painful results for the unpopular national government.
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00:00Germans are casting their votes in Saxony and Thuringia as the far-right hope to become the strongest faction for the first time.
00:08The results of the two key state elections are expected to be a gauge for voting results next year.
00:14Polls suggest a tight race between the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, and the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AFD.
00:24A party founded by a prominent leftist also hopes to shake things up as the national government sinks into unpopularity.
00:32Wins for the AFD could be a potential signal for the party just over a year before the next national election is due.
00:40But it would also likely need a coalition partner to govern, and it's highly unlikely anyone else will agree to put it in power.
00:47The CDU hasn't ruled out working with the leftist populist party BSW, led by Sarah Wagenknecht, which also ran on cutting immigration and seeking peace in Ukraine.