▲ 252 ▼ Far-right AfD wins election in East German state of Thuringia: Exit polls. (www.euractiv.com) submitted 2 years ago by True@lemy.lol to c/world@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) So it's still a minority by a significant amount. It could be much worse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] killingspark@feddit.org 6 points 2 years ago The long term strategy is to destabilise the CDU by forcing them into unfavorable coalitions. Which they have probably achieved this time. If the CDU looks bad enough in 5 years the AfD might get enough votes so that no government can be built without them permalink fedilink source parent [–] CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago With how absolutely entrenched the CDU is in our political system, this is about as bad as you could reasonably expect it to be. The CDU is an overall incredibly dominant party and the others are often competing for second place, which the AFD has gotten now. Them actually competing on that level is frankly terrifying. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] killingspark@feddit.org 6 points 2 years ago The long term strategy is to destabilise the CDU by forcing them into unfavorable coalitions. Which they have probably achieved this time. If the CDU looks bad enough in 5 years the AfD might get enough votes so that no government can be built without them permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago With how absolutely entrenched the CDU is in our political system, this is about as bad as you could reasonably expect it to be. The CDU is an overall incredibly dominant party and the others are often competing for second place, which the AFD has gotten now. Them actually competing on that level is frankly terrifying. permalink fedilink source parent