
AfD Tied With SPD in Germany
AfD MP Petr Bystron said the poll results are “fully in line with the pan-European trend, populist parties are on the rise everywhere.”
AfD MP Petr Bystron said the poll results are “fully in line with the pan-European trend, populist parties are on the rise everywhere.”
The news comes after opinion polls have revealed the AfD to be the most popular political force across the former East German states.
Counter terrorism police conducted raids in the port city of Hamburg and Kempten, and found the Syrian Islamist planning to manufacture a suicide vest.
While the Right failed to take the majority, the swing of Berlin’s vote raises questions about Germany’s future direction.
Despite the Union’s foreign policy spokesman’s statements, it remains to be seen whether the apparent rapprochement between the ECR and the EPP will lead to a common strategy at the European level.
He urged lawmakers to seriously consider why New Year’s Eve ‘celebrations’ have become increasingly violent over the years, in the same places with the same participants.
The interior minister’s statements come two months after 12 of the 16 federal states had to block the intake of additional asylum seekers.
A new center-right party, the Bündnis Deutschland (BD), was founded by 50 ex-members of other German parties. The BD aims to be the voice of the neglected middle class, but the media has already framed it as right-wing.
Fourteen months after the chaotic elections in Berlin, the constitutional court ruled the entire election invalid. New elections must now be held within 90 days.
The statement, spoken by a prominent member of the Thuringian state parliament for the CDU, come as polls have indicated the AfD is the most popular party in the state.