Plan D: The bus talk, they celebrate, grieve and wait

The day after a landmark election in Saxony-Anhalt, six people climbed aboard a bus to talk about what the result meant to them. They were not gathered in a studio or selected for clearly stated political positions. The Plan D talk bus picked them up at railway stations, bus stops and on the streets around Magdeburg, offering free rides while opening a conversation about the election.

The AfD won the state election, putting its lead candidate, Ulrich Siegmund, in position to become the first AfD minister-president. ZEIT describes the result as a turning point for Saxony-Anhalt and for Germany as a whole. The election also drew the highest turnout the state has ever recorded.

During the journeys, the passengers were asked how they viewed the result and what they wanted from the years ahead. Their political positions and opinions were not known in advance. They emerged only as the conversations unfolded on the bus.

The project, titled Plan D, follows the passengers' different reactions in the aftermath of the vote. Some celebrate, others grieve, while others wait and consider what comes next. Jannis Carmesin and Alisa Schellenberg developed and moderated the talk, with Nicolás Pablo Grone responsible for the camera work.