Tag: AFD
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Pro-Russian AFD wins Saxony-Anhalt after it mobilises non-voters
Germany’s far-right and pro-Russian Alternative for Germany has scored its strongest result in any state election, winning 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday and more than doubling its 2021 share. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU collapsed to 17.2% in a state where the CDU was traditionally dominant. The AFD win came as turnout jumped to 78% high,…
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Friedrich Merz to be Germany’s Chancellor
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union, Friedrich Merz is set become Germany’s new Chancellor following the CDU’s victory with up to 29% of the vote in a snap election announced late last year. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) came second with 20% of vote despite strong backing from Elon Musk on his X.com platform.…
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Germany heads to the polls: Conservatives first, Fascists second and Socialists third
Initial polls out of Germany indicate that the Christian Democratic Union will the general election with up to 30% of the vote. The Alternative for Germany is second with up to 20% of the vote and the Socialist Party third with around 15% of the vote. The Greens are following the Socialists with around 13%…
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Alice Weidel to contest for the German Chancellery with AFD: uses rhetoric and gestures similar to Adolf Hitler
Alice Weidel will be contesting the German general elections as a candidate for the German Chancellery as leader of the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AFD). She was formally approved as a candidate by her party yesterday, where she gave a very fiery speech with strong gestures and hand movements that reminds one of Adolf…
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AFD Leader Alice Weidel spreads fake news propagated by Elon Musk on X.com about Magdeburg attack
In a political rally in Germany, leader of the far-right AFD Alice Weidel repeated the fake news, as promoted by Elon Musk on his platform X.com, that the Magdeburg Christmas Market attack was conducted by an Islamic terrorist. The Christmas Market attacker of Magdeburg was an Islamophobe who supported far-right political parties in Europe, and…
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Germany’s far-right party AFD loses 3% of its support following massive protests against it
Last week, Germany and Austria were swept with massive protests against the AFD and the rising far-right. In Germany alone 3 million people it is said to have been out in the streets in protests during the last week in various cities against Germany’s rising far-right party led by Alice Weidel with only a a…