There is a good chance that pro-Russian populists An alternative to Germany (AfD) can win all three federal states. Also, the alliance named after Zara Wagenknecht, a defender of V. Putin’s policy, has grown rapidly (BSW).
Political parties friendly to Moscow, which include both the extreme right and the extreme left, if the results of the polls come true, could get around 50% of the votes in the region on average, and even 65% of the votes in Thuringia, with the AfD the most – around 30%.
At the national level in Germany, the traditionally ruling parties – the Social Democrats (SDP), the Greens and the Free Democrats (FDP) – are projected by polls to win a combined vote of only 12% in Saxony and Thuringia and 27% in Brandenburg. Even if the predicted votes of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) were added to these percentages, the total proportion would not exceed 50%.
Politico also expresses the opinion that the success of extremist parties will show the extent to which the efforts of the German political establishment to smooth the country’s division between the West and the East have failed. They could shake up the federal government’s grizzled three-party coalition.
2024-08-30 16:55:40