Daily brief
The AfD leads in a Saxony-Anhalt state election poll, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks out against the party. Separately, the Berlin Administrative Court ruled against the AfD over an illegal million-euro donation from Austria, and acquitted AfD politician Petr Bystron of charges related to a Hitler salute collage. The Bundestag is not required to repay the donation.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Germany of 'large-scale revanchism' and warned that Russia would destroy German industry and all of Europe if war breaks out.
The CDU plunges Frankfurt into chaos.
The AfD and Left Party again fail to enter the intelligence committee.
Europe plans major rearmament independent of the US.