The frontman of the band "Die Prinzen", Sebastian Krumbiegel, is worried about the upcoming state elections in Saxony and Thuringia. "I think we'll be looking around. Something will happen here. Politically, there will be a jolt," said the musician in an interview with the German Press Agency. He does not expect an AfD politician to become prime minister, "but the AfD will be the strongest force - and that's a bit scary". The state elections will take place in both federal states on 1 September.
The fact that the party, which has been classified as far-right by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in both Thuringia and Saxony, is winning many votes for itself is by no means an East German phenomenon, emphasized the Leipzig native. "Nevertheless, I sometimes think that those who lived in the GDR already lived in a very unique country. And now they are something of an inglorious avant-garde, forging a path for themselves." According to the 58-year-old, what is currently happening in the East will also happen with a time lag in the West German states.
