People gather at an election campaign rally of Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of the Thuringia state elections, in Erfurt, Germany August 31, 2024. REUTERS/Karina Hessland
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans were voting in two eastern states on Sunday, with the far-right AfD on track to win a state election for the first time and Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition set to receive a drubbing just a year before federal elections.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is polling first on 30% in Thuringia and is neck-and-neck with the conservatives in Saxony on 30-32%. A win would mark the first time a far-right party has the most seats in a German state parliament since World War Two.
