After achieving an historic victory in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt earlier this month, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland has just finished first in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, too. Do the results vindicate critics who argue that uniting to keep the AfD out of power is undemocratic and ultimately self-defeating?
PRINCETON—Germany’s far right has won again, capturing the largest share of the vote in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, as it did in Saxony-Anhalt earlier this month. Though it is unlikely to take power in the former, it still has a chance to do so in the latter. It needs the support of only three other members of parliament in Magdeburg, and the far-left Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (which fuses socialism with nationalism) has signaled some willingness to cooperate with the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).
