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.
Yeah exactly. And despite this, and despite the US using its post-WWII influence to keep us a fascist state, we have resisted and we have better worker protections, universal healthcare, unemployment assistance, and so on. And we have the guts to do something, unlike Americans.