Far-right AfD wins German state election
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The Alternative for Germany's (AfD) resounding victory in Saxony-Anhalt gives the far-right party "momentum" heading into two more state elections in eastern Germany, political scientist Thorsten
The populist-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) was projected to win a staggering 44% of the vote, by a distance its best-ever score, and better than polls had predicted. Party grandees hugged each other on stage.
“I see them in the same political bracket,” said Emma Reynolds.
After leading the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to a resounding victory in Saxony-Anhalt, Ulrich Siegmund could become the youngest ever premier of a German state. The AfD earned 43.
ERFURT, Germany (AP) — Delegates at the national convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany party on Saturday overwhelmingly reelected its leaders, including Alice Weidel, as tens of thousands of protesters aimed to disrupt the meeting and some ...
The election could see Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since World War Two.
Alternative for Germany (AfD) may not have won the supermajority it sought in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, but the far-right party did take another giant step toward power in a country whose postwar democracy was designed to prevent the return of right-wing extremism.