Germany's far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has formally approved a sweeping and widely criticized manifesto at a conference in Magdeburg, ahead of September regional elections in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The 150-page document calls for mass deportations, the removal of Ukrainian war refugees, improved ties with Russia, and measures to promote ethnically German families — policies opponents have labeled authoritarian and incompatible with democratic values. The vote carries national significance: polling suggests the AfD could win an outright majority in Saxony-Anhalt, which would mark the first time a far-right party has held power in a German state since World War II.