Candidate of the Ultra -right "Alternatives for Germany" lost local elections after mass protests against his party

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The candidate from the ultra-right party "Alternative for Germany" Use Trum lost the second round in the elections of the head of the Zaale-Oorla district in Thuringia. Earlier, he won the first round, and then, after the publication of the leadership of the Adg leadership about the plan of mass deportation of Migranto: K, throughout the country, protests were held against this party.

Two weeks ago, in the first round of voting, Trum gained 45.7% of the vote, and his main rival Christian Herrgott from the Christian Democratic Party-33.3% of the vote. After that, the journalist: Ki published plans for two high -ranking ADG members to arrange a mass deportation of foreign: OK, which provoked mass protests throughout the country. The second round of elections for the post of head of the Zaale-Oorla district were the first elections after these protests. In the second round, Tram received 47.7% of the vote, and Herrgottt - 52.3%.

Zaale-Oorla is one of the poorest districts of Germany. These elections were considered in Germany as the first testing of moods before a number of local elections scheduled for 2024. The rating of “Alternatives for Germany” has been growing in recent months: according to the result of recent surveys in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg, where this year there will be elections, it is already higher than 30%. In the whole country, ADG has a rating of 21.5% and is the second most popular party. All other popular parties promised not to create coalitions with ADG.

Why is the “alternative to Germany” called the ultra -right party?

• ADG appeared in February 2013. It was founded by politician and economist Bernd Luke. At the beginning, the party included 17 thousand participants: C. by 2019 - already 34 thousand. In 2017, according to the results of the Bundestag elections, the party formed the third largest parliamentary faction.

• In 2017, Bjorn Heke, one of the key leaders, called on Germany to refuse to reduce guilt for Nazism and called the memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Berlin “Monument of shame”.

• Some of the former and current members: in the party, in the past participated in National Socialist movements and promotions, the Der Spiegel investigation said . Andreas Kalbitz, in the past one of the most influential participants: the party, went to the march of neo -Nazi: OK in Athens in 2007.

• “Adg and [neo-Nazi] National Democratic Party of Germany are closely connected ideologically,” said Der Spiegel, sociologist Mattias Kvent. As his study showed, ADG demonstrates especially high results in those areas where the “National Democratic Party of Germany” was previously strong.

• The Kremlin financed ADG to stop the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine, they found out Der Spiegel and The Insider in August 2023. The intermediary between the Russian authorities and the ultra -right deputy: the propagandist Vladimir Sergienko acted Kami.