Far-right wins German state election for first time since WWII

First place for right wing in Eastern Germany not a surprise

BERLIN - “Shock!“ was a most common reaction in mass media about the recent elections in the German state of Thuringia.  Yet that vote, and a second election in eastern Germany, were not all that surprising.

How Radical Parties on the Right and Left Have Shaken Up German Politics

Parties on the extreme right and left delivered another wake-up call to mainstream German politicians with strong performances in Sept. 1 elections in two of the country’s 16 federal states. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the most votes in Thuringia and came second in Saxony, while the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) on the far left came third in both regions, which were part of formerly communist East Germany before the countr…

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Far-right party wins German state election for first time since the Nazi era - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

BERLIN — For the first time since the Nazi era, a far-right party in Germany has won the largest piece of the electoral pie in a state election. Mainstream politicians and Jewish leaders are expressing alarm following Sunday’s elections, in which the anti-immigrant, Eurosceptic and pro-Russia Alternative for Germany party came out on top in the state of Thuringia, with 32.8% of the vote. The 11-year-old party also earned second place to the trad…