The German far right has been the great director in the regional elections organized in Thuringia and Saxonyremaining in first place in the first region in which the Nazis were part of a government in 1929, and in second (barely) in the other state. In Thuringia, they obtained one vote in three, while the Social Democrats of the Chancellor Olaf Scholz They didn’t even reach 10%.
Despite the victory, the truth is that Alternative for Germany (AfD) He does not have a majority and there is a sanitary cordon against the party to prevent it from governing. The victory sparked protests in various parts of the country, with flares and chants against the AfD seen, while its top leaders boasted about their victory.
“We are by far the most powerful force“We are the new people’s party in Thuringia, this is a historic victory for us and what also makes me proud is that we, as AfD Thuringia, are the first state association to achieve this magnificent parliamentary victory for the AfD,” said Björn Höcke.
Contrary to what he wants us to believe, not all the Germans who voted for him are as Nazi as he is. Behind his victory, there is above all Discontent with traditional partiesThe main person responsible for this central power is the German Chancellor, of the Social Democratic Party, Olaf Scholz, who recognizes that his party suffered a real setback at the polls, but calls on the rest of the parties, with this cordon sanitaire, to exclude the right-wing extremists from the governments of Thuringia and Saxony.
Scholz’s challenge is being taken up by the Christian Democrats. They came second in Thuringia and first in Saxony, results for which they support the task of forming a government in these two “Länder”. The task looks complicated, because it requires reaching an agreement from the liberals to the extreme left.
Björn Höcke and Sahra Wagenknecht Who are the new faces of German politics?
Bjorn Hockeleader of the far-right party, has been convicted twice for using a well-known Nazi slogan in his public appearances. His message is so radical that neither Meloni nor Le Pen wanted him in their group in the European Parliament. With an anti-Islam and anti-immigration discourse, Höcke is one of the most controversial figures in the group.
Even his own party has tried to exclude him on several occasions, with xenophobic messages among his controversial speeches: “Islam is really incompatible with our values, with our way of life. Islam has a homeland which is the East and, if you like, black Africa, but not Germany or Europe“.
Before entering politics, Höcke was a high school teacher. And now his party, which is close to the Nazi party, has become the most voted force in Thuringia. It was precisely in this eastern German state that Adolf Hitler’s party first reigned.
The other face that has shattered the German political council is Sahra Wagenknechta left-wing policy on paper but with a marked anti-immigration discourse and close to Vladimir Putin. She is the third most voted candidate after the extreme right and the Christian Democrats.
Dubbed by the German media as the “Madonna of neocommunism‘, Wagenknecht is the other rising political star in this country. Leader of an alliance created this year and to which she herself gives her name, her ideals combine proposals from the extreme left and the extreme right.
On the one hand, he proposes restrictions on immigration, a deglobalization plan, opposition to green policies and an end to military support for Ukraine. because, he assures, it was not Putin who started the warOn the other hand, it proposes a redistribution of wealth, defends the social economy and supports medium-sized family businesses.
“I don’t like it when a party with Nazis in it becomes strong.“, he assured in a speech. Wagenknecht was a member of the East German Communist Party in his youth, but ended up leaving it for another party, that of “The Left”, where he was a member of the board of directors, and even an MEP in 2005. And in 2009, he joined the Bundestag, where he is the economic spokesman of the group.
After various controversies, he founded his own party, which could now be the key to future governments in East Germany. It is on your roof that the historic sanitary cordon on the other extreme right.
