The far-right Alternative for Germany could become the strongest party for the first time in two state elections Sunday in eastern Germany. A months-old party founded by a prominent leftist also hopes to shake up the picture as the national government has squabbled its way to deep unpopularity.
Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany , AfD, attend an election campaign rally of the party in Suhl, Germany , Aug. 13, 2024. The pennant in center reads “The East does it”. An election campaign poster of the far-right Alternative for Germany , AfD, showing the top candidate for Thuringia Bjoern Hoecke and the slogans"The East does it” and “Almost forbiddenly good” is displayed at a street in Jena, Germany , Aug. 12, 2024.
Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats, the environmentalist Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats were weak in these two states to start with, though the former two parties are the junior partners in both outgoing regional governments. They now risk dropping under the 5% support needed to stay in the state legislatures.Scholz said recently that “gun smoke from the battlefield” is masking the successes of his government of uneasy allies, which set out to modernize Germany.
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