Thuringia Parliament: Opening Session Descends Into Chaos
Mainstream parties are threatening to ban the AfD for adhering to parliamentary rules.
Mainstream parties are threatening to ban the AfD for adhering to parliamentary rules.
Recent regional elections have left the leftist coalition in tatters.
The results are described as a “wake-up call” for Petr Fiala’s center-right government before next year’s parliamentary elections.
Local issues may determine the outcome of these elections, but EU-critical parties are looking ahead to the national vote next year.
Mainstream media depicts AfD as suffering huge losses in Thuringia elections when the opposite is true.
Two weeks after having failed in Sardinia, the government majority threw all its weight behind retaining the Abruzzo region.
The AfD, now the second most popular party in Germany according to the latest polls, is likely to see more of the same from the Left, SPD, Greens, FDP, and CDU as it performs increasingly well at the state and federal levels.
With its 683,000 inhabitants and 474,500 eligible voters, Bremen is not considered a political bellwether for other parts of the country.
The populist BBB, only founded in 2019, is expected to become the largest bloc in the Dutch Senate as the ring-wing Forum for Democracy saw its vote share collapse.
The election results mean that the ‘grand coalition’ between the SPÖ and the ÖVP will more than likely continue to rule in the region.
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