Posted on 09/01/2024 5:29:25 PM PDT by hardspunned
The far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country's east, and was set to finish at least a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote, projections showed.
A new party founded by a prominent leftist also made an immediate impact, while the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's unpopular national government obtained extremely weak results.
Projections for ARD and ZDF public television based on exit polls and partial counting showed Alternative for Germany winning 32-33% of the vote in Thuringia — well ahead of the center-right Christian Democratic Union, the main national opposition party, with about 24%.
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Sounds like a good thing…
“Far right” in Europe does not mean “Nazi.” Does it mean anything at all?
“Far right” in current year Europe primarily means restricting immigration. Otherwise tend to be a bit less socialist than parties explicitly called some kind of socialist.
Thanks. That sounds plausible.
Don’t ya’ love how See-BS characterizes “ far-right “, as opposed to a “ prominent leftist “?
They must think that their readership has the IQ of an avocado.
We thought France and England would go to the right. They went further left. I can see Germany doing the same.
“Far-Right” is just a press term that begs the question
“They must think that their readership has the IQ of an avocado.”
They do.
Without a clearajority for AfD, will the moderate and leftist parties (left and far left with honest scaling) form an alliance and squeeze AfD out?
Glückwunsch an die AfD! 👍
Being a nationalist and opposed to mass immigration now makes you “far right”!
“far right”
thanks CBS
Sweet. I chose far right long ago. Funny thing is those two ideals are right up my alley as well. Who knew?
I understand, if he is not a leftist then he must be far right.
You got it. Anything right of Pol Pot is “too extreme” for the Democratics.
Ja! Und jetzt Muslims raus!
Ye, exactly. Our opponents are not great fans of subtle political nuances.😉
Just like the red-green power cartel over here in Germany🙁
It’s just depressing to see their „transatlantic twins“ acting for the detriment of America, too.🙁
May this be the begin of healing Germany from the illness she is afflicted with 👍🏻
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