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Germany's far-right AfD doubles vote in state poll
2019-10-28
[DAILYSABAH] Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party doubled its votes in state elections in the eastern state of Thuringia on Sunday, while Chancellor Angela Merkel
...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslem colonists...
's conservatives suffered the worst results in their history.

The anti-immigrant, anti-Moslem AfD was projected to come in second with 23.8% of the vote, up from 10.6% in the last election, according to projections by public broadcaster ARD.

Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) could manage to win 22.5%, down 11 points from the last election, historically the worst result for the party in Thuringia.

The center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) was projected to win 8.5%, down from 12.4% they had secured in the last election in the ex-communist state.

The socialist Left Party (Die Linke) came first in the state elections by securing a record 29.7% of votes, up from 28.2% in the last election in 2014.
Posted by:Fred

#12  I know a Nazi when I see one. To be anti-Muslim isn't an excuse.

You say that now. Wait.
Posted by: Fat Bob Javish1936   2019-10-28 21:50  

#11  
He's written a book about his ideas which are straight out of Mein Kampf.


So have Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, Al Gore, and Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2019-10-28 20:39  

#10  I misquoted. My bad. self-deleted
Posted by: Frank G   2019-10-28 18:48  

#9  
Posted by: Frank G   2019-10-28 18:39  

#8  Thanks, EC.

At least they are not nihilists!
Posted by: SteveS   2019-10-28 18:06  

#7  Not all members of the AfD are Nazis. But Höcke and his cronies are.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-10-28 17:48  

#6   The leader of the AfD in Thuringia is a Nazi,

Is that a situation unique to Thuringia?

When our US media uses the term 'far-right' referring to Euro politics, it means populist and not commies.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-10-28 17:34  

#5  No, he is a Nazi. He's written a book about his ideas which are straight out of Mein Kampf.

I know a Nazi when I see one. To be anti-Muslim isn't an excuse.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-10-28 17:13  

#4  You mean Bjorn Höcke ? Hocke is only about excising the historic guilt over the Holocaust from German politics I think. What's more important is his anti-muslim stance. And since the more danger to jews in Germany is actually from muslim immigrants, he's not really wrong in that sense, is he ? Just as Merkel is neither democrat nor christian, I think Hocke is more of a nationalist centrist than a Nazi.

However, you'd know better. This is what I perceive from afar.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-10-28 17:07  

#3  The leader of the AfD in Thuringia is a Nazi, not some "far right" politician.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-10-28 16:47  

#2  I'll bet Die Linke are further left than AFD is right.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-10-28 12:22  

#1  "Far right" = "Not suicidal"
Posted by: charger   2019-10-28 10:28  

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