What would an AfD government in Saxony-Anhalt really mean?

Key Points:

• The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) leads polls in Saxony-Anhalt and aims to form a single-party government with Ulrich Siegmund as state premier, despite being classified as "confirmed far-right" by domestic intelligence.
• The AfD's draft government program promises radical tightening of asylum laws, including immediate deportations of immigrants without residency, stricter asylum rules, exclusion of non-permanent resident children from regular schools, and creation of a "Remigration Task Force."
• The party opposes immigration and plans to address skilled worker shortages by encouraging Germans abroad to return through a "return program," although experts warn this may worsen labor shortages due to the party's hostile stance on immigrants.
• The AfD calls for a rapprochement with Russia and an end to sanctions, expansion of Russian language instruction, and a harder line on Ukrainian refugees, though state governments have limited authority over foreign policy and deportations.
• Controversially, the AfD proposes establishing voluntary citizen patrols to support local security, a move criticized by experts as potentially undermining public safety; the party also seeks radical changes in social policy, including rejecting diversity symbols and revising education on Germany's Nazi past.