Anderson Predicts ‘Strong Second’ but No Governing Coalition for AfD After German Election

OXON HILL, Md.—Christine Anderson, a member of the European Parliament from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, said she expects her right-leaning group to finish well in the Feb. 23 German federal elections.
Yet, she had an important caveat.
“AfD will come in a strong second but they will not even speak to us,” she said of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the center-right party expected to win the most votes.
“That leaves them with only being able to form a government with The Left and The Green, so there isn’t going to be any change,” she said, referring to the two other major political parties in Germany’s parliamentary system….