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The AfD's branches in Thuringia and Saxony, where the party has performed strongest, have already been classified as the latter.

The AfD did not win a majority in Thuringia or Saxony and is unlikely to do so in Brandenburg either.

The far-right AfD immediately used the Solingen stabbing as part of its election campaign for September’s regional election in Thuringia.

In Thuringia, the far-right Alternative for Germany came first, and another election is on the horizon in less than two weeks in Brandenburg.

Ms Wagenknecht’s personal brand of “left-wing conservatism” has already propelled her party this month into the potential role of kingmaker in Saxony and Thuringia.