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Alice Weidel at a rally in Erfurt on Saturday

Introduction – Sept 2, 2024

In a watershed regional election the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has just trumped all of Germany’s established political parties

The ruling elite WILL NOT welcome this. That’s why the mainstream media (MSM), which they largely own and/or control doesn’t present the Alternative for Germany (AfD) election victory as a triumph for the party.

Instead, it focuses on the reaction of Germany’s ‘mainstream political parties. Like the mainstream media across the globe, Germany’s mainstream political parties also serves the interests of a hidden ruling elite.

Hence the media and political leaders refer to the AfD as “far right”. The fact that they echo each other is an indication of how media is an extension of the mainstream political establishment.

Of course, this isn’t confined to Germany. A similar phenomenon can be witnessed in the re-emergence of Nigel Farage to the political fray in Britain. As with the AfD, Farage is often characterized by the MSM as being “far-right” and “racist”.

This is how the political establishment, and allies in the mainstream media , strive to marginalize any threat to its power.

However, it’s clear that with the AfD election win and the burgeoning popularity of Farage’s Reform Party that approach is failing. As a result we can expect the political establishment to adopt more draconian measures to contain what the media consistently refers to as the “far right”. Ed.

Scholz urges German parties to exclude far right as AfD poised for state election victory

Deborah Cole – The Guardian Sept 1, 2024

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has urged mainstream parties to exclude “rightwing extremists”, after preliminary results showed the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) had come top in a state election, while a new populist force on the left established a firm foothold in the country’s political landscape

Voters in two closely watched elections in the former communist east made clear their dissatisfaction with Germany’s mainstream political parties, putting the AFD in the top spot in Thuringia, with 32.8% of the vote, and second place in Saxony, with 30.6%, according to preliminary results.

Scholz called the results “bitter” and “worrying”.

“Our country cannot and must not get used to this. The AfD is damaging Germany. It is weakening the economy, dividing society and ruining our country’s reputation,” Scholz said, adding that the most dire predictions, that his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) might fall out of a state parliament for the first time, had not materialised.

Alice Weidel, the AfD’s co-leader, said: “It is a historic success for us. It is the first time we have become the strongest force in a state election. It is a requiem for this coalition [in Berlin].”

The 11-year-old AfD clinched its first mayoral and district government posts last year, but has never joined a state government. The remaining, democratic parties have vowed to maintain a “firewall” of opposition to working with the AfD, keeping it out of power.

The results in Saxony and Thuringia proved disastrous for the three ruling parties in Scholz’s centre-left-led federal government, each scoring single-digit percentage shares of the vote in both states one year before Germany holds its next general election.

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