2026-09-03
27 分钟This is The Guardian.
Today, is Ulrich Seidmund really the most dangerous man in Germany?
The German news magazine Spiegel has long had a taste for provocation,
but one of their cover stories last month really made headlines.
It carried a picture of a young East German politician called Ulrich Siegmund.
He looked pretty good, his chin covered with designer stubble,
his hair combed into a neat quiff, his green eyes staring right into the camera.
Under the headline, Der Gefährlichste Mann Deutschlands.
Der Spiegel setzt den AfD Spitzenkandidaten Ulrich Siegmund
auf den Titel und nennt ihn den Gefährlichsten Mann Deutschlands.
The most dangerous man in Germany.
You might think that Siegmund would hate that Spiegel cover.
Far from it.
On the campaign trail in recent weeks, he has been autographing copies.
He even filmed himself signing one for his 800,000 TikTok followers.
Polls are correct, Siegmund could soon become the first far-right leader of a German state since Adolf Hitler's time.
Support for his AFD party in his home state of Saxony Anhard has reached 42%, almost double the tally of the CDU.
Party Friedrich Merz, Germany's beleaguered chancellor.
This Sunday's state elections could be one of the most important in post-war Germany.
If the AFD wins in Saxony and Hyatt, other eastern states could follow later this month,