The regional elections in Thuringia and Saxony did not bring any surprises. The results in both states largely matched the predictions. In Thuringia, the AfD won the election by a large margin, while in Saxony, they came in second after CDU with 30.6% support.
The preliminary results are as follows:
Thuringia:
– LINKE (Left): 13.1%
– AfD (Alternative for Germany): 32.8%
– CDU: 23.6%
– SPD: 6.1%
– GRÃœNE (Greens): 3.2%
– BSW: 15.8%
– Others: 5.4%
Saxony:
– CDU: 31.9%
– AfD: 30.6%
– LINKE: 4.5%
– GRÃœNE: 5.1%
– SPD: 7.3%
– BSW: 11.8%
– Others: 8.7%
According to the above data, the Greens in Thuringia and LINKE in Saxony did not reach the parliamentary threshold. Despite this, LINKE will have six representatives in the Saxony state parliament through direct mandates.
After the FDP received only 1.1% support in Thuringia, Thomas Kemmerich, the top candidate of the Thuringian FDP, demanded that the party withdraw from the federal government coalition. However, party leader Christian Lindner rejected Kemmerich’s proposal, stating that their opinions differ in this area, and the federal government still has important tasks to accomplish in the remaining year.
No one wants to cooperate with the AfD. German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz used the term “bitter” in response to the Thuringian and Saxon election results.
Regarding the AfD’s policies, the Chancellor expressed concern and believes that Germany cannot accept the AfD’s growing support in the eastern states, now reaching 30%. Scholz is convinced that the AfD only harms the country, weakens the economy, divides society, and tarnishes Germany’s reputation. Scholz believes it is the duty of all democratic parties to work towards creating stable governments in Thuringia and Saxony without the AfD.
The process of forming a government is proving to be difficult and complicated in both states, and early elections may be necessary. In Thuringia, the AfD has won more than a third of the parliamentary mandates, thus being able to block any decision requiring a two-thirds majority. This may require other parties to cooperate with the AfD in some cases, such as amending the state constitution or dissolving the parliament.
An interesting note is that two days before the elections, the German federal government deported 28 Afghan criminals from Germany after three years. While the deportation to Afghanistan was previously deemed incompatible with human rights, it happened now. The German media highlighted that this incident is unrelated to the Solingen attack or the elections.
Currently, approximately 400,000 Afghan and 1 million Syrian individuals reside in Germany, with only a small portion employed, making integration seemingly impossible in most cases.
Looking ahead to the regional or next year’s federal elections in Germany, it is noteworthy that no major changes are expected in the main direction of German politics in the medium term. Even if there is a change in government and CDU becomes the governing party again, in coalition with SPD, Greens, or even liberals, all these parties represent a pro-liberal, pro-immigration, pro-war, globalist, EU-federalist ideology, rejecting any divergent political direction.
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