The Alternative for Germany party’s success in two state elections has piled new pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious government and left the country’s main opposition party facing political contortions to find a way to govern a pair of eastern regions without involving the far right party.
Saskia Esken co-party leader of Chancellor Olaf Scholz e's Social Democratic Party, SPD, speaks to media after first results for the state elections in Thuringia and Saxony released, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. piled new pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz 's fractious government and left the country's main opposition party facing political contortions on Monday to find a way to govern a pair of eastern regions without involving the far-right party.
Voters “wanted to send a signal to Berlin above all,” Jens Spahn, a senior CDU lawmaker, told ZDF television. “They want to send a signal to the that the chancellor no longer has their confidence. Olaf Scholz is the face of failure in Thuringia and Saxony too.” AfD's strength in the east has pushed other parties into unconventional coalitions as far back as 2016, but Sunday's results took that to a new level.
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