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Political quake in Germany as far-right AfD wins state election, shock waves felt in Berlin
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AfD party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla (second from right) with top candidate for Saxony Joerg Urban (right) and Thuringia spokesperson Stefan Moeller at a press conference on Sept 2.
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STUTTGART, Germany – Germany’s long-feared political earthquake has finally arrived: For the first time since World War II, a far-right political movement has scored an electoral victory in one of the country’s component states.
With all the ballots in the Sept 1 state election in Thuringia now counted, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won 32.8 per cent of the vote,
