Mainstream politicians express alarm while lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes congratulations from Elon Musk

Mainstream politicians around Europe have expressed alarm after the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) swept to a historic state election victory in Germany, while nationalist figures cheered the result as a mandate for change.

While falling just short of an absolute majority, the AfD surged into first place in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, exit polls ⁠showed, putting the far right within reach ​of power at ‌the state level for ‌the first time since the second world war.

  • LittleBorat3@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    No the regions in the east have gotten too much funding for infrastructure and such. The money that was worth exactly zero got exchanged 1:1 to DM.

    This cost billions. Streets in the east look fantastic. Where I grew up in the west everything is broken.

    This is the thanks the west gets from these fuckin people.

    Fuck them, fuck their “problems”

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      17 hours ago

      I’m not German but I’ve always heard the exact opposite…