Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 6:05:08 GMT 7
Angela Merkel's ruling CDU party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in elections in a north-eastern German state, partial results have shown.
The Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party took about 21% of the vote behind the centre-left SPD's 30%.
The German chancellor's CDU was backed by only about 19% of those who voted, according to the partial results.
The vote was seen as a key test before German parliamentary elections in 2017.
Before the vote in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, in the former East Germany, all of Germany's other parties ruled out forming a governing coalition with the AfD.
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37271971
Rapefugee explanation here -
In the tranquil, late summer warmth of Germany's north-eastern corner, election billboards scream alarming messages.
The far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) poster is certainly eye-catching - sinister, black-clad "rapefugees" juxtaposed with the rear view of a shapely, nearly naked white woman.
But nearby, in plain black and blue, there is a less visual but equally arresting message.
To those interested in mass immigration, criminality and pension security, it declares, vote AfD on Sunday "so that Germany is not destroyed".
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37254420
The Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party took about 21% of the vote behind the centre-left SPD's 30%.
The German chancellor's CDU was backed by only about 19% of those who voted, according to the partial results.
The vote was seen as a key test before German parliamentary elections in 2017.
Before the vote in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, in the former East Germany, all of Germany's other parties ruled out forming a governing coalition with the AfD.
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37271971
Rapefugee explanation here -
In the tranquil, late summer warmth of Germany's north-eastern corner, election billboards scream alarming messages.
The far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) poster is certainly eye-catching - sinister, black-clad "rapefugees" juxtaposed with the rear view of a shapely, nearly naked white woman.
But nearby, in plain black and blue, there is a less visual but equally arresting message.
To those interested in mass immigration, criminality and pension security, it declares, vote AfD on Sunday "so that Germany is not destroyed".
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37254420
