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Germany’s watershed moment: Far right wins first regional election since World War II
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The far-right Alternative for Germany made a historic breakthrough by winning state elections in Thuringia. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the extreme right must be blocked from taking power.
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Far-right party aims for wins in 2 state elections as Germany's government flounders
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German far-right party leads exit polls in state elections
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Germany’s watershed moment: Far right wins first regional election since World War II
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany could become the strongest party for the first time in two state elections Sunday in eastern Germany. A months-old party founded by a prominent leftist also hopes to shake up the picture as the national government has squabbled its…
A German nationalist group that for many evokes the Nazis may become the first far-right party to come out ahead in a state election since World War II.
German exit polls show the far-right Alternative for Germany is on track to become the strongest party in a state election for the first time in the country’s east.
Projections for ARD and ZDF public television based on exit polls and partial counting showed Alternative for Germany winning 32-33% of the vote in Thuringia.
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Two state elections in eastern Germany offer the far-right Alternative for Germany the chance to become the strongest party there and could produce painful results for the unpopular national government.
Voters are going to the polls in the two eastern German states in what is seen as a barometer for the federal elections next year. Populist and far-right parties are set to do well. DW has the latest.
The far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country's east, and was set to finish at least a very close second in a second vote, projections showed.
Germany’s far right is on course to win the most votes in a state election for the first time since the Nazis, in a major rebuke of Chancellor Olaf Scholz ruling center-left coalition.
The far-right Alternative for Germany made a historic breakthrough by winning state elections in Thuringia. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the extreme right must be blocked from taking power.
Voters in two states in eastern Germany have given a far-right party its best result since WWII — results that have many worried about a resurgence of anti-immigrant, populist politics in Europe.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged mainstream parties not to work with the first far-right party to win a state legislature election since World War II.
