There’s no denyin’ the German ruling coalition is still in denial. And they are going to hang onto that rotting piece of timber as long as they possibly can, desperately trying to stay afloat and in power.
On Monday, I caught y’all up on the rude shock the elites of the Olaf Scholz government received over the weekend when the projected populist surge in regional elections materialized before their eyes. In a stunning blow to “democracy,” Germans exercised their democratic right to vote in record numbers. The states of Saxony and Thuringia elected the majority hard-right party, AfD (Alles fur Deutschland), in solid second place in one whilst handing an outright victory to them in the other.
…They scored handsome advances, coming in second in Saxony and taking the prize in Thuringia.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition was punished in two regional elections in eastern Germany on Sunday, with populist parties on the extreme right and left taking more than 60% of the vote in Thuringia and almost half in Saxony.
The Alternative for Germany is on course for a clear victory in Thuringia on 32.8%, according to projections for public broadcaster ARD. It represents the first triumph for a far-right party in a German state ballot since World War II, even if it’s highly unlikely to be able to form a government as it’s shunned by the other parties represented in parliament.
Cue the wailing, gnashing of teeth, and immediate machinations to keep AfD from forming the regional Thuringian government that would normally be their prerogative as winners and to stifle their influence as the second most powerful party in Saxony’s legislature.
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