VOSS Posted September 1 Posted September 1 Quote Germany's far right looks to have claimed its biggest electoral success since World War II, winning a regional vote in the country's East on Sunday, according to an initial projection. Triumph for the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD), in a region that was under communist control during the Cold War, is a huge blow for Germany's political center — not least for the three parties in the coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which appear to have suffered significant losses. The AfD came in first in the state of Thuringia with about 31 percent of the vote, according to the early projection — an outcome that, if realized, will prompt much soul-searching as to how the center failed to stop the far right's electoral re-emergence, despite the AfD's growing extremism. In the more populous state of Saxony, the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) appears, for now, to have just staved off the far right, coming in first with around 31 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll, with the AfD trailing close behind. A new populist-left party, Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), is set to finish third in both states, according to the early projections. The surge of parties on the extremes of the political spectrum is likely to be seen as another blow to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's already weak, tripartite coalition government. The three coalition parties — Scholz's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the fiscally conservative Free Democratic Party (FDP) — suffered losses, according to early projections. In Thuringia, the Greens and the FDP appear to have both crashed out of the state parliament, failing to meet the five-percent threshold necessary to gain seats, according to the early projections. Despite the AfD's strong performance, the party is unlikely to take real governing power. All other parties set to make it into the state parliaments have refused to govern in coalitions with the AfD. The populist-left BSW, led by Sahra Wagenknecht, a former member of the East German Communist Party, merges traditionally right-wing stances on immigration and other social issues with a traditionally left-wing economic and welfare policies. Given the fractured political landscape in both states, it's likely that BSW will play a kingmaker role when it comes to forming coalitions in the state parliaments of both eastern states. The surge in support for the AfD comes despite the fact that state-level domestic intelligence authorities tasked with monitoring anti-constitutional groups in both Thuringia and Saxony have classified the local branches of the party as extremist organizations that aim to undermine German democracy. Politico 1
Virgos Groove Posted September 1 Posted September 1 Germans the moment a kebab shop opens next to them: 9 1
Bloodflowers. Posted September 1 Posted September 1 13 minutes ago, VOSS said: The populist-left BSW, led by Sahra Wagenknecht, a former member of the East German Communist Party, merges traditionally right-wing stances on immigration and other social issues with a traditionally left-wing economic and welfare policies. So are they socially conservative, economically left wing?
Velvet Night Posted September 1 Posted September 1 (edited) Today in 1939 the Nazis invaded Poland. Today 85 years later fascists are winning elections. It's a dark day in German post-WW2 history. Edited September 1 by Velvet Night 13
Virgos Groove Posted September 1 Posted September 1 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Bloodflowers. said: So are they socially conservative, economically left wing? Yes. "Save the poors, but not the brown ones!" type of ideology. Edited September 1 by Virgos Groove 6 1
Bloodflowers. Posted September 1 Posted September 1 1 minute ago, Virgos Groove said: Yes. "Save the poors, but not the brown ones!" type of ideology. What are their stance on LGBT and Gaza? 1
CozySkin Posted September 1 Posted September 1 15 minutes ago, pisuke said: The Germans showing their true colors... looks like they are still Nazis. 2
STMG23 Posted September 1 Posted September 1 3 minutes ago, CozySkin said: looks like they are still Nazis. Some unfortunately. It's really a slow crawling horror.
Virgos Groove Posted September 1 Posted September 1 1 minute ago, Bloodflowers. said: What are their stance on LGBT and Gaza? Someone from Germany might be able to give a fuller answer, but from what I've read, their LGBT stance is "anti-woke", whatever that means. Their Gaza stance is probably the best out of all German political parties tho, which isn't saying much, but still...
STMG23 Posted September 1 Posted September 1 6 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said: Yes. "Save the poors, but not the brown ones!" type of ideology. 'Funny' thing is, what the AFD wants to do would not even improve the situation of many people who are voting for them. It's not like they are social or something.
ICLDXU4HS Posted September 1 Posted September 1 (edited) Sahra did that!! SPD, Grüne flopping always warms my heart. Edited September 1 by ICLDXU4HS 1 1 3
BOOMBAYAH Posted September 1 Posted September 1 26 minutes ago, Bloodflowers. said: What are their stance on LGBT and Gaza? I would assume that a good Gaza stance from them probably doesn't come from a good place
Princess Aurora Posted September 1 Posted September 1 (edited) Are we living in a pre-World War era?Also I'm not surprised it's the Eastern part of the country. Edited September 1 by Princess Aurora
suburbannature Posted September 1 Posted September 1 It's terrifying that it takes a historic genocide for people to realize the far right is dangerous…and still letting history repeat itself a century later when we don't learn from our mistakes.
simplywohoo Posted September 1 Posted September 1 1 hour ago, pisuke said: The Germans showing their true colors... east germans* 1
Headlock Posted September 1 Posted September 1 1 hour ago, MP3 said: Actually such an accurately dark use of this gif 1
Claymore Posted September 1 Posted September 1 10 minutes ago, theboyismine said: First TTPD went #1 there and now this…Taylor's impact Stop slurping bleach.
The Next Day Posted September 1 Posted September 1 It's ******* scary seeing that right and left populists are gainibg so much control and all the other parties don't have any ideas except turning even further to the right. We're sleepwalking into a disaster and especially the conservatives applaud themselves for getting the best seat in the burning house. Weirdos. 3 hours ago, Virgos Groove said: Someone from Germany might be able to give a fuller answer, but from what I've read, their LGBT stance is "anti-woke", whatever that means. Their Gaza stance is probably the best out of all German political parties tho, which isn't saying much, but still... This is accurate. They want to abolish discussions around gender and LGBTQ-issues, pretty much using the "anti-woke" dog whistle to appeal to right wingers while not being openly homophobic to keep the left wing voters. And they want Germany to stop supporting Israel in any form. 1
A.R.L Posted September 1 Posted September 1 Things in Germany are getting worse every day when it comes to immigration since the asylum immigration of the 10s, so this is so expected and I am so pro immigration. Sad it had to come to this. I know even Germans themselves don't want this but they are forced to.
Communion Posted September 1 Posted September 1 2 minutes ago, A.R.L said: Things in Germany are getting worse every day when it comes to immigration since the asylum immigration of the 10s, so this is so expected and I am so pro immigration. Sad it had to come to this. I know even Germans themselves don't want this but they are forced to. You saying this yet not realizing that the result in the OP ironically proves that the liberal answer to economic strife is to also become anti-migrant isn't *re-reads* uh.. working.
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