Containment Playbook Emerges as AfD Eyes Saxony-Anhalt Win

If the AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt, Germany’s political establishment is weighing containment options—from excluding the party from sensitive interior-minister discussions and building information barriers to potentially cutting its fiscal support or even using federal coercion. Experts warn these moves could backfire by fueling AfD grievances or degrading intelligence sharing with allies, while some argue that governing the party might prove a more effective constraint than any tactic.