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.

  • xzite@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Americans when a far right party gets a high non-majority result in a single bundesamt in former East Germany, primarily taking votes from the other right wing party:

    😏😏😏😏😏😏😏 Guess we’re in the same boat now, huh? 😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

    • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      So, there was this group of right wing idiots called “The Tea Party.” Might want to look into how that started and what it lead to.

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      7 hours ago

      your comment comes across like you’re implying that it’s actually fine and everyone is overreacting and should calm down. in other words, exactly what every center-right and right-wing idiot in the US did before trump.

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      8 hours ago

      It is genuinely scary, but most don’t understand how the system works. This is like the Republicans winning Texas except part of the Republican party refuses to work with the other part because they are nazis. So the sane half work with the democrats to keep the Nazis from having influence.

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        The Nazis are taking over everywhere because THEY ARE ALL FUNDED BY THE SAME PEOPLE.

        WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WE COULD REMOVE THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL OF THIS WHENEVER WE WANT