State of the Union: The hard-right party received 44 percent of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, although it may not be enough to form a government. The post Germany’s AfD Wins Historic Victory in Regional Election appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Alternative for Germany (known by its German initials, AfD) won handily in an election held in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt Sunday, garnering a historic 44 percent of the vote. The election marks the AfD’s biggest electoral success since its founding in 2013, and suggests that the hard-right party’s mixture of nationalism, populism, and opposition to mass immigration is increasingly popular among German voters. Despite trouncing its rivals—the next highest vote-getters were the Christian Democratic Union, with 17 percent, and the Social Democratic Party, with 9 percent—the AfD still may not be able to form a government. It is likely to fall three seats short of a majority in the state legislature, and most of Germany’s…Open
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Alternative for Germany was hoping for an absolute majority in the state legislature, which would have allowed it to govern alone and overcome the resistance of mainstream parties' refusal to work with the AfD.
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