German hand-right AFD set to win state election
Germany's anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) is celebrating a "historic success", with a big victory for the far-right party in the eastern state of Thuringia.
The AfD won almost a third of the vote, nine points ahead of the conservative CDU, and far in front of Germany's three governing parties.
The result gives the far right its first win in a state parliament election since World War Two, although it has little hope of forming a government in Thuringia because other parties are unlikely to work with it.
The AfD came a close second in Sunday's other big state election, in the more populous neighbouring state of Saxony.
Results there gave the CDU 31.9% of the vote, just ahead of the AfD, again far ahead of the three parties running the national government - the Social Democrats, Greens and liberal FDP.
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Germany's anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) is celebrating a "historic success", with a big victory for the far-right party in the eastern state of Thuringia.
The AfD won almost a third of the vote, nine points ahead of the conservative CDU, and far in front of Germany's three governing parties.
The result gives the far right its first win in a state parliament election since World War Two, although it has little hope of forming a government in Thuringia because other parties are unlikely to work with it.
The AfD came a close second in Sunday's other big state election, in the more populous neighbouring state of Saxony.
Results there gave the CDU 31.9% of the vote, just ahead of the AfD, again far ahead of the three parties running the national government - the Social Democrats, Greens and liberal FDP.
#germanelection #stateelection #germanafd
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00:00I hope, but also to the address of the CDU, that has arrived there, that the people want change.
00:25By the way, the same applies to Saxony for the results. The people want change.
00:36And I think the mood is very clear, a change of mood in Thuringia.
00:39That's what I experienced. The people don't want it to continue like this.
00:41They don't want it to continue like this in this cartel-party system,
00:44that doesn't bring about any change anymore,
00:46but still governs Germany on the ground and Thuringia on the ground and the ground.
00:55Of course, we also see the votes for the AfD as a result of bad politics in Berlin.
01:08And we want to oppose good politics in Thuringia and want to approach the trust of the voters with a reasonable government course.
01:18That is the task and the goal of the CDU.
01:20And for us, after the election, what prevailed before the election,
01:23with us there will be no coalition, only cooperation with the AfD.