The far-right AfD party alone won a third of the votes in two eastern German states on Sunday, as residents of Thuringia and Saxony begin to take stock of the results.
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00:00Far-right party Alternative for Germany managed to win a third of the votes in two East German states on Sunday.
00:06Parties in Saxony and Thuringia will begin talks to form a state government.
00:11Thuringia residents were too skeptical of the media to speak on camera,
00:14but told Euronews that their votes for the AfD were a last resort.
00:30Parties in Saxony and Thuringia were too skeptical of the media to speak on camera,
00:34but told Euronews that their votes for the AfD were a last resort.
00:37Parties in Saxony and Thuringia were too skeptical of the media to speak on camera,
00:40but told Euronews that their votes for the AfD were a last resort.
00:43Parties in Saxony and Thuringia were too skeptical of the media to speak on camera,
00:46but told Euronews that their votes for the AfD were a last resort.
00:49Parties in Saxony and Thuringia were too skeptical of the media to speak on camera,
00:52but told Euronews that their votes for the AfD were a last resort.
00:55Parties in Saxony and Thuringia were too skeptical of the media to speak on camera,
00:58but told Euronews that their votes for the AfD were a last resort.
01:01Parties in Saxony and Thuringia were too skeptical of the media to speak on camera,
01:04but told Euronews that their votes for the AfD were a last resort.
01:07Parties in Saxony and Thuringia were too skeptical of the media to speak on camera,
01:10but told Euronews that their votes for the AfD were a last resort.
01:13Parties in Saxony and Thuringia were too skeptical of the media to speak on camera,
01:16but told Euronews that their votes for the AfD were a last resort.
01:19Parties in Saxony and Thuringia were too skeptical of the media to speak on camera,
01:22but told Euronews that their votes for the AfD were a last resort.
01:26For me this is an absolute divine protest here in Saxony and Thuringia.
01:32For me this is an absolute divine protest here in Saxony and Thuringia.
01:34It is terrible that the AfD is this strong, and also the Wagramc suka.
01:38It is terrible that the AfD is this strong, and also the Wagramc suka.
01:40As the far right party, Alternative for Germany, celebrates their historic win in the Thuringian state elections
01:46several hundred marched through the streets of Erfurt last night and several shed tears
01:51shed tears as this is the first time a far-right party has won a state elections since Nazi
01:57rule in Germany.
02:00Several airport residents told me yesterday that the reason that they voted for AFD was
02:06because they were concerned about safety after knife attacks have dominated the headlines
02:11for the past few months.
02:14Even if the AFD doesn't manage to form a coalition, it's clear that other parties will begin to
02:20adopt stricter policies in a bid to win back disillusioned voters.