The German constitutional protection agency classifies the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AFD), which in several recent opinion polls has around 25 percent voter support, as right-wing extremist.
WorldIt became as expected: The far-right party AFD becomes the largest in German Thüringen after the state election. Despite this, they have no clear path to power, since all other parties have said no to cooperating with them.
WorldThe Far-Right Party AFD appears to be becoming the largest party in the German state of Thüringen after Sunday's state election, according to exit polls. A historic success, says the party's co-chair Alice Weidel in a statement.
World politicsOne is a convicted right-wing extremist who throws around slogans from the Hitler era. The other is a left-wing defector who wants to repeal the Russia sanctions and hold peace talks with Putin. Together, they seem to be getting close to half of the votes in the German state of Thuringia, which is now going to the polls. The result could be a nightmare for the government in Berlin.
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