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AFD: German Far-Right on Brink of First State Government Since WWII
Newsweek ^ | June 25, 2026 | Matt Cannon and Brendan Cole

Posted on 06/25/2026 2:08:34 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The German far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), could be closing in on power at the state level for the first time since the Nazi regime's defeat in World War II 81 years ago.

Polling suggests the party is far ahead of its rivals in Saxony‑Anhalt and, crucially, within striking distance of an outright majority that would defeat mainstream parties' traditional Brandmauer—or "firewall"—against a far-right government.

Germany's electoral system of proportional representation means that most governments at the national and regional level are coalitions. The "firewall" is an agreement of non‑cooperation in which mainstream parties do not govern with, or rely on votes from, the far right, especially the AfD.

But a theoretical distribution projected by Dawum, a firm which aggregates polling has suggested that the AfD could get an outright majority, eliminating the impact of the firewall to keep the far-right out.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: European Union; Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: afd; brandmauer; brendancole; denazificationtrope; europeanunion; leftistsource; mattcannon; newsweek; saxonyanhalt

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1 posted on 06/25/2026 2:08:34 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Didn’t Rush explain how Newsweek sold for $1 some twenty years ago?


2 posted on 06/25/2026 2:11:13 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: MinorityRepublican
The German far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), could be closing in on power at the state level for the first time since the Nazi regime's defeat in World War II 81 years ago

Nope. No bias there.

I wonder what Newsweak would call Conrad Adenauer.

3 posted on 06/25/2026 2:11:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Ooh scary.


4 posted on 06/25/2026 2:11:35 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Calling the NAZI’s “far right” is a bigger lie than saying Stacey Abrams has anorexia.


5 posted on 06/25/2026 2:11:45 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

AFD: German Far-Right on Brink of First State Government Since WWII

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When you make up the definition of far right as you go, that’s meaningless.


6 posted on 06/25/2026 2:12:08 PM PDT by TTFX
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To: MinorityRepublican

Anyone surprised that they had to try to link the AfD to Nazis?


7 posted on 06/25/2026 2:12:08 PM PDT by sjmjax
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To: MinorityRepublican

If Newsweek wants to (inaccurately) compare the AfD to Nazis, then who is the AfD’s “Hitler”?


8 posted on 06/25/2026 2:22:57 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: MinorityRepublican

They seem to believe that the:
National Socialist German Workers Party was far right??

Does that mean they believe the National Socialist Democrat Workers Party is also Far Right??


9 posted on 06/25/2026 2:24:55 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: MinorityRepublican
since the Nazi regime's defeat in World War II

So the AfD is the same as the Nazis? Is that the BS that Newsweak is trying to sell? Its just so wrong that I don't know where to begin.

10 posted on 06/25/2026 2:32:20 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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AfD is the only anti-immigrant German party. The rest are varying degrees of “Complete Replacement is Good!”.

The election is in September, we will see how it goes.


11 posted on 06/25/2026 2:32:55 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (You’ve not seen the darkness in the hearts of men who realize no one is coming to save them.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

So the AfD is the same as the Nazis?

Its just so wrong that I don’t know where to begin.

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It’s also probably of no use. People so stupid to write that won’t understand or absorb good arguments. It might be interesting to study how society, some of it, support such absolute idiots. What jobs would they get if they were properly paid for their skills?


12 posted on 06/25/2026 2:36:47 PM PDT by TTFX
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To: MinorityRepublican

So, AfD=naughtZee?


13 posted on 06/25/2026 2:38:37 PM PDT by rktman (Patriotism over dem/commie/socialist 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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Calling the National Socialists “far right” is bizarre.

They were literally socialists. Government control of everything.

The only real difference in the Nazis and the Russian communists was terminology and who was the boss.


14 posted on 06/25/2026 2:39:23 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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The only real difference in the Nazis and the Russian communists was terminology and who was the boss.

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I think a difference is that communists have a more severe form of mental illness and make the economy collapse faster.


15 posted on 06/25/2026 2:41:37 PM PDT by TTFX
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
> "So the AfD is the same as the Nazis? Is that the BS that Newsweak is trying to sell? Its just so wrong that I don't know where to begin." <

That's exactly what Newsweak is trying to sell!!
16 posted on 06/25/2026 2:41:40 PM PDT by ANKE69 (The fact that I am Jewish barely makes 20 in my long list of faults" Zelensky in 2019 )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Really?

Well at least they’re not the Far-Left, like The National Arbiter Zocialistsch Partie (NAZI)!


17 posted on 06/25/2026 2:46:19 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The greatest power the media has is the power to ignore.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
So the party that wants to save Germany from Frau Merkel's Muzzie invasion is somehow bad for Germany?
Really?
Right is right, not far right.
18 posted on 06/25/2026 2:52:30 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: MinorityRepublican

News to Newsweak, the WEF is the current Nazi party.


19 posted on 06/25/2026 2:54:04 PM PDT by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT!)
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AFD: German Far-Right on Brink of First State Government Since WWII

The NAZIs were not "Far-Right." They were "Far-Left."

"Socialism" is in their name.

20 posted on 06/25/2026 3:01:38 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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