The interest in Germany is enormous for the three regional elections held this fall, despite voters making up only ten percent of the country's population. The measurements show that the right-wing Nationalist Alternative for Germany, the AFD, will increase significantly at the expense of the major middle parties.

Merkel's Christian Democratic Party has dominated politics in the state of Saxony since the reunification 29 years ago. Following electoral losses in the EU elections, race is now expected for the CDU in both Saxony and Brandenburg, which will be out first with their elections on September 1.

The Social Democrats are expecting losses

The other major middle party, the Social Democratic SPD, is also expected to continue its crusade. In Brandenburg, the SPD has had a strong attachment, but now the AFD is closely behind and can become the largest party. The Social Democrats are in the middle of an extended process of finding a new party leader, which is also considered to have a negative impact on support for the party.

AFD takes over dissatisfied from the left

Since the fall of the Wall, the Left Party Die Linke has been the favorite of the dissatisfied East Germans, but even that party has received competition from the AFD.

It is mainly the AFD's clear immigration-critical attitude that attracts many East German voters. But there is also a strong dissatisfaction with how the traditional parties with Merkel at the forefront acted to equalize the differences between east and west. Wages are still lower in eastern Germany, unemployment has fallen throughout the country but is still higher in the east than in the west.

Merkel is low

Chancellor Merkel's visit to eastern Germany this summer triggered protests. To avoid further dissatisfaction with the dissatisfaction, she has kept a low profile in the final campaign of the election campaign.

In addition to the AFD, the environmental party The Green is moving forward. In the EU elections, support for the Greens doubled and the latest measurements show a similar trend in the eastern part of the country as well.