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German Parliament Deputy Speaker Wolfgang Kubicki said the results of the Landtag state parliamentary elections in the states of Thuringia and Saxony in eastern Germany show that the “traffic light” coalition has lost its legitimacy.
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Kopecky wrote in his account of the “X” platform: “The election results show that the Traffic Light Alliance (as the ruling coalition in Germany is called because of the colors of the party’s flag and includes the ruling German Democratic Party, the Green Alliance. , and the Free Democratic Party) has lost its legitimacy, and if some of it rejects… “A large number of voters support it in this way, so it must have consequences.”
He added: “People have the impression that this alliance is harmful to the country, and it is certainly damaging to the Free Democratic Party.”
For his part, the German Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner (Free Democratic Party), said, “The election results in the states of Saxony and Thuringia are painful… However, no one should think that we will abandon the struggle for values liberals, and this will continue.”
According to opinion polls published by the ARD television channel, after the polls drew to a close, the right-wing Alternative for Germany party topped the local parliamentary elections in the state of Thuringia with 30.5% of the votes, while the Christian Democratic Union party came in second place. place with 24.5% of the votes Although Sarah Wagenknecht’s Union party for Cause and Justice came in third place with 16% of the votes.
In the elections for the Thuringian Regional Parliament, the Alternative for Germany party and Sarah Wagenknecht’s Union for Reason and Justice, which opposes the supply of arms to Kiev, obtained more seats (45) than the Left Party, the Christian Democrats. Union and the Democratic Socialist Party (43).
In the Saxon state parliamentary elections, the Christian Democratic Union party came first with a percentage of (31.5%), followed by the Alternative for Germany party with a percentage (30%), and in third place came the Sarah Wagenknecht Union. on Reason and Justice with a percentage of (30%).
Source: RT
2024-09-02 19:26:09