The far-right AfD party looks set to top Saxony-Anhalt's vote in eastern Germany, after a campaign calling for businesses to use AI rather than skilled migrant labor, and restoring Russia ties. Carmel Crimmins explains ▻ ↧ Germany's far-right AfD aims for breakthrough in state election Voters in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt go to the polls on Sunday in an election where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is hoping to ​win power for the first time and mark a historic shift in German politics.