According to Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, roughly 10,000 of the AfD’s 28,500 members are extremists. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BERLIN – A candidate for the resurgent far-right party Alternative for Germany has won a district administrator seat, the first time since the party was founded a decade ago that it has captured such a prominent regional post.
“The result of the district council election in Sonneberg is disturbing,” Ricarda Lang, the co-chair of the federal Green party, wrote on Twitter. It was also the first concrete sign of success amid a general surge in the party’s popularity. Recent polls show that if elections were held today, the AfD would win about 20 per cent of the vote nationwide, second only to the CDU, one of Germany’s major parties. The same polls indicate that the Social Democrats, who run the governing coalition, are lagging slightly behind the AfD.
Now, Mr Sesselmann will oversee an administration responsible for the many policies and services that directly shape the lives of the district’s residents, including infrastructure, employment offices and housing for refugees. According to Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, roughly 10,000 of the AfD’s 28,500 members are extremists. PHOTO: REUTERS
“That was just the beginning,” Mr Tino Chrupalla, the co-leader of the AfD’s national operation, wrote on Twitter. “We are winning over majorities with our policies for the interests of the citizens. This is how we will achieve a turnaround for the better for Germany.” Mr Hocke predicted a “political earthquake” in coming district and state elections.
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