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.
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...
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.
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.
A far-right German party’s win has some ... - Associated Press News
WEBSep 2, 2024 · AfD won its state election in Thuringia on Sunday under one of its hardest-right figures, Björn Höcke. In Saxony, the party finished only just behind the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union, which leads the national opposition.
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...
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...
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.
German chancellor condemns first state election success for far …
WEBSep 2, 2024 · MUNICH — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday pleaded with mainstream parties to not change course and decide to enter a coalition with the first far-right party to come first in a state...
In a First, Germany’s Far Right AfD Party Will Take Control of a ...
WEBJun 26, 2023 · The victory on Sunday in the tiny district of Sonneberg, in the southern tip of the state of Thuringia, an emerging stronghold for the AfD in the former East Germany, came after a runoff was...