Far-right German AfD party set to win
first state elections
Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/1/2024 7:15:44 PM
BERLIN, Germany — The far-right Alternative for Germany was on track to become the strongest party in a state election in the country’s east for the first time on Sunday, and at least a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote, projections showed. A new party founded by a prominent leftist was also making an immediate impact, while the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government were set for weak results. Projections for ARD and ZDF public television based on exit polls and partial counting put support for Alternative for Germany, or AfD, at about 31-33 percent in Thuringia and 30-31% in Saxony. They put the center-right
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