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The centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is reportedly open to coalition talks with the Left-wing populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), which performed well in the recent German regional elections in Thuringia and Saxony. The far-Right AfD won the highest percentage of votes in Thuringia and narrowly lost out to the CDU in Saxony. The AfD will, however, likely be excluded from power due to coalition talks.
A coalition between the CDU, BSW and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) would still not be enough to gain power. As UnHerd asked before the elections: who’s afraid of Sahra Wagenknecht? Now we know the answer: not the centrists.
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