AfD becomes first far-right party to win German state election …
WEBSep 2, 2024 · The party’s lead candidate in Thuringia, Björn Höcke, was convicted earlier this year after breaking German laws against uttering Nazi slogans in public.
German far-right party wins a state election for the first ... - NBC News
WEBSep 2, 2024 · Germany’s far right has won the most votes in a state election for the first time since the Nazi era, in a major rebuke of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling center-left coalition.
German far right AfD hails 'historic' election victory in east - BBC
WEBSep 1, 2024 · Germany's anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) is celebrating a "historic success", with a big victory for the far-right party in the eastern state of Thuringia.
AfD victory in Thuringia: Scholz urges 'firewall' to keep out far right
WEBSep 2, 2024 · In Thuringia, Mr Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD) won just six seats, with none for his coalition partners the Greens and the liberal FDP. The SPD also fared badly in Saxony, where it came...
East Germans Lean Toward Extremes in State Elections
WEBSept. 1, 2024. The far-right Alternative for Germany was on course on Sunday to become the strongest party in a state election for the first time, in Thuringia, and it was running a close second...
Germany: AfD becomes first far-right party to ... - Associated Press News
WEBSep 2, 2024 · BERLIN (AP) — The Alternative for Germany party’s success in two state elections piled new pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious government and left the country’s conservative opposition facing political contortions on Monday to find a way to govern a pair of eastern regions without involving the far-right party.
German leaders react to far-right surge in Thuringia, Saxony
WEBSep 2, 2024 · The far-right AfD emerged as strongest party in Thuringia, and a close second in Saxony in Sunday's votes. The newly-formed populist left-wing party BSW also scored well in both states. All three...
Takeaways From East Germany’s State Elections
WEBSep 2, 2024 · With nearly 33 percent of the vote in Thuringia and 31 percent in Saxony, the AfD had its best statewide showing since it was founded as a euroskeptic party 11 years ago.
Gains but no triumph for a far-right German ... - Associated Press News
WEBMay 27, 2024 · BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany made gains but failed to secure outright victories in local elections in an eastern state where the party is strong and its regional leader, one of the party’s best-known figures, was recently convicted of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech. Sunday’s elections at county and ...
The hard right takes Germany into dangerous territory
WEBSep 1, 2024 · In Thuringia the Alternative for Germany (A f D)—a party whose branches in both states have been formally designated as extremist—topped the polls in a state election for the first time since...