Rahr: The Merz Party Was Elected to Political Waterloo
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The extreme right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has a "mandate to govern" after its electoral triumph on Sunday in Saxony-Anhalt, where it lacks three elected to reach an absolute majority, the defeated conservative leader estimated Monday. ...
The results of the Saxony-Anhalt parliamentary elections showed that exclusion between elites and society was on the rise in the eastern part of the Federal Republic of Germany, according to political scientist Alexander Rahr. In his view, the system parties would try to form a coalition against the coming into power of "Alternatives for Germany", but the decisive vote behind "Sarah Wagenknecht's sous." "The last Sunday was a black day for liber…
Preliminary data for the Saxony-Anhalt parliamentary elections show that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) garners nearly 45% of the vote. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is only about 19 percent.
The German extreme right-wing party AFD largely leads the regional elections in the Land of Saxony-Anhalt, in the former East Germany. With more than 44% of the votes, this anti-immigration and pro-Russian party creates a wave of national and European shock.
In the elections in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD achieved a historic result with 43.8% of the vote. Following the results, attention turned to a previous speech by AfD co-leader Alice Weidel. Weidel had stated that the message to the world would be "Germany's borders are closed," and had defended cuts to social benefits, large-scale deportations, and the controversial "remigration" policy.
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