Today, anyone who votes for the AfD is labelled a neo-Nazi, with the paradoxical result of strengthening the bond between the voter and the AfD leadership. However, as Céline Teney explains, “the electorate as a whole is significantly more moderate than the party itself”.

In the capital, the AfD is not making as big an impact as it did in the regional elections. The Socialists of Die Linke and the Christian Democrats of the outgoing mayor, Kai Wegner, are vying for the mayoral seat, with both parties neck and neck at 20 per cent in the polls

“The woman against the blues” and “Ready for the blue shift”: in the northern state, there is a clear division and strong scepticism towards Berlin. Amid the uncertainty, it will be the parties polling below 5 per cent that make the difference

The BSW has not ruled out supporting the ultra-nationalists in the Magdeburg elections. According to the former parliamentary group leader of Die Linke, the country “needs a fresh start”

The former leader of Germany’s oldest party has torn to shreds not so much the Social Democrats’ guiding star, but the way in which the political party has viewed that star: “The real problem is not the firewall, but the major misunderstanding about what a welfare state is”