Why the world should care about the far right’s rise in Germany
- The Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party won 43.8 percent of the popular vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on September 6, trouncing the governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
- That victory brought a party which follows in the historical footsteps of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party closer than it has ever come since World War II to ruling a German state.
- Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Tens of thousands march across Germany to protest against far-right AfDlist 2 of 4Germany receives first F-35 jet from US as NATO boosts military spendinglist 3 of 4The leftist leader with
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- The Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party won 43.8 percent of the popular vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on September 6, trouncing the governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
- That victory brought a party which follows in the historical footsteps of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party closer than it has ever come since World War II to ruling a German state.
- Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Tens of thousands march across Germany to protest against far-right AfDlist 2 of 4Germany receives first F-35 jet from US as NATO boosts military spendinglist 3 of 4The leftist leader with
Sources: Al Jazeera