On Monday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged all mainstream democratic parties to try to form stable governments in Thuringia and Saxony without the far-right AfD, to try to keep right-wing extremist away from any political influence.

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This followed Sunday's regional election in Thuringia and Saxony, eastern Germany, where exteme right-wing Alternative für Deutchland (AfD) party received 33.5% and 30.5% of the votes respectively.

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The AfD's victory in Sunday's election marked a historic moment, as it was the first victory of an extreme right party in a German state election since the Nazi era, which ended with World War II.

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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.

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The leftist populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) also made significant gains, outperformed Scholz's coalition, and came in third with 11.5 - 15.6% of the vote, just eight months after its founding.

Reuters

Recent polls suggest the AfD would be the Bundestag's second-largest party if federal elections were held today, after the SDP. Anti-establishment parties have emerged and fragmented the political landscape as Europe struggles with the Ukraine crisis and inflation.

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.

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There is a 5% chance the Christian Democratic Union of Germany will announce that it is open to negotiating a coalition with the Alternative for Germany before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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