Germany’s AfD has become its own worst enemy
Spectator (UK)APR 2024
In Sunday's regional election in Thuringia and Saxony, eastern Germany, exit polls showed that the Alternative für Deutchland (AfD) party received 33.5% and 30.5% of the votes. It's the first time that a state election in Germany has been won by an extreme right party since World War II.
The AfD's triumph is a severe setback for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government, as it received close to one-third of the vote, nine points ahead of the conservative CDU and considerably ahead of Germany's three ruling parties.