Mainstream politicians express alarm while lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes congratulations from Elon Musk

Mainstream politicians around Europe have expressed alarm after the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) swept to a historic state election victory in Germany, while nationalist figures cheered the result as a mandate for change.

While falling just short of an absolute majority, the AfD surged into first place in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, exit polls ⁠showed, putting the far right within reach ​of power at ‌the state level for ‌the first time since the second world war.

  • Waphles@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Half a century? Guess the Arab spring and the Euromaidan don’t count (just examples off the top of my head)

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      The Arab spring is what it could have been. Do you think the people who control our channels just went back to work the next work? They closed all the holes that allowed arab spring to happen and you didn’t even notice.