Germans are voting again this weekend in local elections, and the far-right is again expected to top the polls. But there is another anti-establishment party competing and, despite being just eight months old, has managed to put itself in the position of political kingmaker as Germany’s established political parties try to build governing coalitions without the AfD. Rebecca Collard reports from Potsdam.
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