Recent historic election victories appear to be putting wind in the sails of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which continues to widen its lead over the establishment and expand its support base.
\n\nAfter two major first-place finishes this month in the local elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the anti-mass migration AfD has seen its lead over the supposedly centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Chancellor Friedrich Merz grow to its largest in history.
\n\nAccording to the first national survey after Sunday’s elections, the AfD has seen its support rise to 29.5 per cent, a record high recorded by the Insa polling firm.
\n\nThis also means that the nationalist-sovereigntist party now holds a record lead of ten points over the combined forces of the CDU/CSU alliance, which held steady since last week at 19.5 per cent, Die Welt reported.
\n\nPerhaps even more significantly, the party seems to be widening its reach. While recent election wins were significant accomplishments for the upstart party, both elections took place in states that were previously part of Soviet-controlled East Germany, which, after decades of brutal socialist rule, tend to be far more hostile to left-wing ideologies and have therefore provided a natural base…
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