From here:
Germany’s far-right AfD party wins historic victory in local election (msn.com)
"Robert Sesselmann has made history," tweeted AfD co-chief Alice Weidel.
“The milestone comes as recent surveys put support for the AfD at a record 18 to 20 percent, neck-and-neck with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats and behind only the conservative CDU/CSU bloc.”
“Robert Sesselmann, a lawyer and regional lawmaker, came out on top in a closely watched runoff vote for district administrator in Sonneberg in the central state of Thuringia, near the border with Bavaria.
Sesselmann took 52.8 percent of the vote, according to the electoral office.”
“The AfD is polling even better in the former communist East German states of Thuringia, Brandenburg and Saxony, which will see regional elections next year where the AfD is hoping to score major breakthroughs.”
“Germany's best-selling Bild newspaper called Sesselmann's win a political "earthquake" and "a remarkable success for the ultra-right party".
Interesting times.
Note the reporting from the left wing MSM. Anything in the centre of the political spectrum is “ultra-right”!
Onwards
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Very good to see Alternative für Deutschland party rising to the top. In 2016 Trump should’ve taken his base and started something like the Alternative for America party. He would have commandeered 90% of Republicans and a good percentage of Democrats. “Onward” AfD!!