‘We Can only Win’: The Rise of the Far Right in Eastern Germany
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The far right is predicted to win a landslide victory in the state elections.
The road to power in Berlin is still long for Alternative for Germany, but the fact that the far-right party would achieve its goal no longer feels like an unthinkable dystopia.
The ultra-right of Alternative for Germany seeks to conquer the government of Saxony-Anhalt and approach a majority that could mark a turning point for German politics since World War II.
Ulrich Siegmund's Alternative for Germany is heading for a successful election in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Ulrich Siegmund, a leading figure in the radical programme of the extreme right, is able to carry the AfD on Sunday at the head of the German Land of Saxony-Anhalt, which would be a first since the War.
Seismic elections in the east this weekend are raising tensions in Germany. The Alternative for Germany party is seeking to secure a majority in the regional parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, the BBC reports. A landslide victory would mark the first time a far-right party has held power at the federal level in the country's post-war era. For the AfD's opponents, it is a point of grave danger. But the party sees it as a step towards its dreams of nati…
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