{"id":1249,"date":"2024-09-02T15:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T15:38:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:08:02","slug":"german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/","title":{"rendered":"German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party must be kept out of government despite scoring a historic victory in Thuringia, Olaf Scholz has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) to be kept out of local government following the party\u2019s success in regional elections at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The AfD claimed its first-ever regional election success on Sunday, earning victory in the federal state of Thuringia, according to projections. It also came a close second in Saxony. German authorities have described the party as <em>\u201cfar-right\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cextremist.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe results \u2026 are worrying,\u201d<\/em> Scholz said in a statement to the media, speaking in his capacity as an MP for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). <em>\u201cOur country cannot and must not get used to this. The AfD is damaging Germany. It is weakening the economy, dividing society and ruining our country\u2019s reputation.\u201d<\/em><br \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>The conservative opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was the AfD\u2019s main rival in both states, while the SPD and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) \u2013 both members of the current ruling <em>\u201ctraffic light\u201d<\/em> coalition, along with the Greens \u2013 both finished outside the top three. Instead, left-wing newcomer the BSW, led by MP Sahra Wagenknecht, came third in both elections.<\/p>\n<p>        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/603367-germany-afd-election-thuringia\/\">Right-wing party claims historic victory in German state election<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Scholz claimed that while the outcome was <em>\u201cbitter\u201d<\/em> for his party, the SPD had at least avoided dropping out of state parliament altogether, contrary to some predictions. He also urged <em>\u201call democratic parties\u2026 to form stable governments without right-wing extremists.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The AfD national co-leader, Tino Chrupalla, insisted that voters in Thuringia had given his party a <em>\u201cclear mandate to govern\u201d<\/em> their state.<\/p>\n<p>The party\u2019s flagship policy is opposition to immigration, although it is also highly critical of the foreign policy positions adopted by mainstream forces in Germany. Chrupalla has rejected continued costly support for Ukraine against Russia under the Scholz government, and has urged the return of Russian natural gas to bolster German economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>The BSW has likewise criticized Berlin\u2019s antagonism towards Russia and the cost of continued funding for Kiev. This policy overlap has led some Western media outlets to claim that <em>\u201cpro-Russian\u201d<\/em> parties are set to take over eastern German states, supposedly giving Moscow a foothold similar to the USSR\u2019s during the Cold War.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SPD\u2019s Olaf Scholz has called on other German parties to snub the AfD despite its electoral successes in Thuringia and Saxony Read Full Article at RT.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success - Leading the AI News Frontier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success - Leading the AI News Frontier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The SPD\u2019s Olaf Scholz has called on other German parties to snub the AfD despite its electoral successes in Thuringia and Saxony Read Full Article at RT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Leading the AI News Frontier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-02T10:08:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-02T10:08:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/\"},\"wordCount\":395,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Top News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/\",\"name\":\"German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success - Leading the AI News Frontier\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-02T10:08:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/\",\"name\":\"Leading the AI News Frontier\",\"description\":\"Empowering You with AI Intelligence\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Leading the AI News Frontier\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AInews.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AInews.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":72,\"caption\":\"Leading the AI News Frontier\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success - Leading the AI News Frontier","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success - Leading the AI News Frontier","og_description":"The SPD\u2019s Olaf Scholz has called on other German parties to snub the AfD despite its electoral successes in Thuringia and Saxony Read Full Article at RT.com","og_url":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/","og_site_name":"Leading the AI News Frontier","article_published_time":"2024-09-02T10:08:02+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success","datePublished":"2024-09-02T10:08:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/"},"wordCount":395,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Top News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/","url":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/","name":"German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success - Leading the AI News Frontier","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-09-02T10:08:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/german-chancellor-alarmed-by-right-wing-partys-election-success\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"German chancellor \u2018alarmed\u2019 by right-wing party\u2019s election success"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/","name":"Leading the AI News Frontier","description":"Empowering You with AI Intelligence","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#organization","name":"Leading the AI News Frontier","url":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AInews.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AInews.png","width":300,"height":72,"caption":"Leading the AI News Frontier"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}