Mainstream politicians express alarm while lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes congratulations from Elon Musk

Mainstream politicians around Europe have expressed alarm after the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) swept to a historic state election victory in Germany, while nationalist figures cheered the result as a mandate for change.

While falling just short of an absolute majority, the AfD surged into first place in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, exit polls ⁠showed, putting the far right within reach ​of power at ‌the state level for ‌the first time since the second world war.

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    2 days ago

    Lot of losers here going, “huh, euro now what” one German state in one country won and are already being scrutinized and restrained meanwhile America is still burning, your lashing out proves you your disengenuous about tackling this problem and you only care about the moral high ground of the situation, you skin deep liberals are all like this and it’s why nothing has been done in America, in Germany they been slowing these guys down even before they got into office, big diffrence.