Ahead of Sunday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt, the governing German party CDU led by Minister-President Sven Schulze faces mounting internal friction over post-election coalition options. With polls placing the far-right AfD as high as 43% and the CDU near 20%, standard majority coalitions appear mathematically unviable. Schulze has left open the possibility of a minority government tolerated externally by the Left Party, mirroring neighboring Thuringia.