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 easte...
Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate in Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany, gestures as he walks through the state parliament, in Erfurt, 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.”
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