Germany’s Far-Right Win Local Elections for the First Time since World War II

Alternative for Germany wins 32.8% of the vote in the elections to the parliament of the eastern state of Thuringia and gets 32 seats out of 88. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party wins the elections to the Landtag (parliament) of the eastern state of Thuringia, it follows from the results of the vote, reports rbc.ru. The AfD wins 32.8% of the votes and gets 32 seats out of 88. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is in second place, with 23.6% of the vote and 23 seats. The Sahra Wagenknecht Union (BSW) closes the top three with 12% of the vote (15 seats). Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) receives 6.1% of the vote and only 6 seats. At the elections in Saxony, the CDU, according to the exit poll, is slightly ahead of Alternative for Germany with 31.9% of the vote against 30.6%. The AfD co-chairperson, Tino Fragalla, called the party’s results in Thuringia “sensational.” “Today is a really historic day in Thuringia and a very good result in Saxony,” he said.