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The party categorized as right-wing extremist, AfD won in the state of Thuringia, while in Saxony it was ranked second. Populist parties emerge stronger from the elections in the two German states of Saxony and Thuringia.
The far-right German party, Alternative for Germany, AfD, according to preliminary results, has emerged victorious in the elections for the state parliament in Thuringia with 32.8% of the votes, ahead of the CDU with 23.6% of the votes. In Saxony, the CDU with Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer manages to win the state elections with 31.9% of the vote, according to preliminary results.
She wants to form the government there. The co-chairman of the party, Tino Chrupalla, said on the German television channel ZDF, that the victory of the AfD is a "clear mandate" to form the government. "This is what makes democracy," he added.
Chrupalla also stated that his party is ready to talk with all other parties. "For those who want to be credible in politics... and want to take into account the voice of the voters, there will be no more politics without the AfD," he said.
Forming a government in both Thuringia and Saxony is expected to be difficult. So far, all other parties have said that they do not want to cooperate with the AfD. A party that may have a chance to enter the government is the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), which came third in both countries and with a double-digit result.
Test for the federal election in 2025
Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz's centre-left coalition parties were weakened in the elections in Saxony and Thuringia. The Social Democrats remained in single digits in both countries. The Greens and Liberals (FDP) suffered drastic losses in both states, although in Saxony they still remain in parliament, while in Thuringia they failed to reach the necessary five percent threshold.
Parliamentary elections in Saxony and Thuringia, as well as in the other German-Eastern state of Brandenburg (on September 22), were seen as a test for the upcoming elections for the federal parliament in 2025. / DW
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