德国政治

‘A danger for democracy’: Germany’s far right scores first local victory

AfD success highlights party’s ability to feed on economic insecurity and immigration fears

Annette Scharfenberg, one of thousands of people who voted for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a district election in eastern Germany, is angry. And she wants everyone in Berlin to know it.

“I wanted to give the government a lesson they wouldn’t forget,” the 60-year-old sales assistant said. “To just shake them awake.”

If that was the goal, it worked. Sunday’s election in her hometown of Sonneberg has made national headlines — and triggered an intense bout of soul-searching over the AfD’s rise.

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