Scholz worried by far-right surge in regional polls
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP)
Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results of two regional elections that saw big wins for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and losses for his coalition “bitter” and urged mainstream parties to form governments without “right-wing extremists.”
The AfD became the first far-right party to win a state legislature election in Germany since World War II with its result in weekend voting in Thuringia.
It came a close second behind the conservatives in Saxony, projections late on Sunday showed. But the AfD, deemed “right-wing extremist” by security officials in both of the east German states, is unlikely to be able to govern.
