German voters went out of their way to express no confidence in the ‘traffic light’ coalition
German right-wing Alternative for Germany co-chairman Tino Chrupalla and co-chairwoman Alice Weidel: The AfD moved beyond its traditional older voter base to take one-fifth of the 35-44 and 45-59 year-old age groups and 17 per cent of the under-30 vote. Photograph: EPA
Three years after the SPD, Greens and liberal Free Democratic Party secured a combined 52 per cent of the vote, they now have just 31 per cent support. And this with a record election turnout of 64 per cent. Nationwide, the far-right party finished in second place with nearly 16 per cent. In eastern regions, it topped the poll with more than 30 per cent support, including in three states of Brandenburg, Thuringia and Saxony.
Instead the far-right populist party, a leading opposition force in all 16 German states and the Bundestag, tapped into main voter concerns over security and migration, issues with both EU and domestic components. Though the weekend European elections saw, by and large, the centre hold against the political fringes, the same can’t be said in Germany.
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