Far-right party AfD largest in the state election in Thuringia – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

At 6 p.m., the polling stations closed for the citizens of Saxony and Thuringia. At the same time, a number of media announced the election day polls which show what party leader Alice Weidel calls “a historic election victory”. Election day polls by broadcasters ARD and ZDF show that the party gets between 30 and 33 percent in the state. The leader of the state of Thuringia has been convicted of Nazi rhetoric and his party is being monitored as far-right. In the neighboring state of Saxony, which is also holding elections on Sunday, the CDU is just ahead of the AfD in the election day polls, which will nevertheless be the second largest party in the state. The far-right party scores 31.5 percent in ZDF’s election day poll. The newcomer BSW on the outer left is also doing very well. VOTES: Björn Höcke leads the AfD in Thuringia. Photo: TNN; dpa (Do not use this version of the image) In two weeks, people in Brandenburg will decide who will rule there. All three states are located in what used to be the communist dictatorship of East Germany, GDR, and that still influences how people vote. Many East Germans claim they are treated as second-class citizens in Germany, and say the AfD makes them proud to be German again. The incumbent federal government of Olaf Scholz looks set to achieve a disappointing result in both states of between 6.5 and 8.5 percent for the Social Democrats (SPD), writes AFP. The Social Democrats, the Greens and the Free Democrats, who all sit in Prime Minister Scholz’s federal government, are doing very poorly. Published 01.09.2024, at 18.22 Updated 01.09.2024, at 18.54



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