Germany's BSW opens talks with AfD in Saxony-Anhalt, breaking cordon sanitaire

The left-populist BSW party board has accepted an invitation from the far-right AfD for talks in Saxony-Anhalt after other parties refused to engage. BSW founder Sahra Wagenknecht floated a cross-party premier and a Nord Stream restart, signaling a potential breach of Germany's post-war political firewall against the far right. The move is unconfirmed in its outcome but marks a notable shift in state-level coalition dynamics.