The preliminary final results of the regional elections in the federated states of Turinigia and Saxony, in which the far-right Alternative for Germany emerged as the first and second most voted forces, confirm a difficult process to form Governments.
In Thuringia, the atmosphere begins to calm down after the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) obtained the majority of votes in the state elections of Thuringia Sunday. This is the first time since the end of the Nazi regime that a far-right party wins an election in a federal state. In the state of Sajoniain East Germany, the AfD came in a very close second behind the center-right party Christian Democratic Union.
Who wants to agree with the extreme right?
As the country wakes up and begins to take stock, the main question remains whether the AfD can form a coalition with the far-left party Alianza Sahra Wagenknechtor with the center right of the Christian Democratic Unionwhich has already ruled out collaboration with a far-right party.
Wagenknecht herself promised last night not form a coalition with the AfD, among other things because of the deterrent effect of the leader of the State of Thuringia, Bjorn Hoeckewhich has already been fined for using Nazi slogans. But it is himto the question of the influence of Alternative for Germany which is still on everyone’s lips in Thuringia today.
