AfD Harnesses East German Nostalgia to Fuel East Election Push
Germany’s far-right AfD is leveraging Ostalgie—nostalgia for life in East Germany—to rally voters in the East ahead of September elections, using Simson mopeds as a symbol of freedom and regional identity; analysts say the strategy taps enduring East German resentments about reunification and economic decline, potentially signaling a breakthrough for the party in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.