Oliver Conway
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first heard Dec 2024
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The AFD tapped into a wave of nostalgia for Communist East Germany and managed to secure support from at least 150,000 previous non-voters.
The party wants to heavily restrict immigration, restore ties with Russia, quit the Euro, and promote unashamed German patriotism, defunding so-called anti-German art and teaching children less about Hitler.
Mainstream politicians have refused to work with the AFD, but a small left wing pro Russia party might provide support if it can get into the state parliament, as our correspondent there, Jessica Parker, told Tim Franks.
All eyes are on whether the smaller party BSW or BSV as it is known here
uh whether it's going to reach the five percent threshold that could allow it
uh to get into parliament.
Uh the reason that's important is BSB have signalled that they would maybe open be open to helping the AFT actually take power in this state, even if it wouldn't be any kind of
formal coalition.
If the BSV didn't make into the Parliament, the AFD would potentially get more seats, more likely to get state level power.
So still some convoluted German political maths going on here.
But the big picture is they've won in terms of voter share the AFD big won big here in Saxony Anhalt.
nationally, what does this huge victory for the AFD mean, do you think?
Uh nationally I think it means the AFD feels they're on the march and they have been growing in popularity.
They're leading the polls nationally, even though their support is heavily skewed to Eastern Germany.
I think as well it's uh a bad night for Friedrich Merz, the Chancellor, CDU, who was already very embattled, but this could potentially further destabilise him and his government.
Now remember his government is, for example, a key supporter of
Ukraine whereas the alternative for Deutschland want to end support um to Ukraine uh and have pro Russia policies.
Now, as you say, important to understand
estates they don't set foreign policy state governments but they do run things like education.
uh policing.
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