German far right celebrates their "historic" election win in the east.
With nearly a third of the vote, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Germany has achieved a notable victory in the eastern state of Thuringia. The far-right party defeated Germany's three ruling parties by a margin of nine points, surpassing even the conservative CDU. Since World War Two, this is the first state legislature election that the far-right has won. However, the improbable cooperation of other parties means that the AfD has little chance of establishing a government in Thuringia. In the state of Saxony, where the CDU received 31.9% of the vote, the AfD also finished in close second. Olaf Scholz, the chancellor, demanded that moderate parties establish state governments in place of the far-right. Click Here Even though they maintain they never intended to use a Nazi slogan, the right-wing extremist party in Germany, the AfD, has been fined for doing so. The nation is in danger of getting poorer, colder, and more unstable as a result of the election, whi...