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Far-right AfD wins key German state election but may fail to secure majority
(www.theguardian.com)
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In fact, this will likely work in their favor. Since they managed to secure nearly 45% of the vote, if there's a coalition with the CDU becoming the ruling party having gained a mere 17%, it's just going to further discredit the whole system.
from what i've seen so far, they seem to be able to do quite a lot of what they want simply by capturing the legislative branch, it doesn't even look that bad. germany is already too flirty with israel so far in the first place, might be over already.
indeed