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Germany's AfD Party Looks to Capitalize on Shock Vote

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      Bernd Baumann
      This government starts out in extreme instability, ... And it will remain unstable. That is the opposite of what Germany needs."
      Newsweek
      AfD representative Bernd Baumann, in a speech shortly before the second vote ... adding,
    • 88:88
      Merz should step aside and the way should be cleared for a general election....we are ready to take on responsibility in government."
      Newsweek
      Weidel, on Tuesday
    • 88:88
      The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party is incompatible with the free democratic order,
      Newsweek
      the agency said at the time
    • 88:88
      But I would also like to add: 10 million AfD voters — you can't ban them,
      The Gazette
      the conservative politician said
    • 88:88
      Especially in the US, I have seen time and again how this German approach, shaped by history, needs to be explained,
      Deutsche Welle
      Mayer said
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      I consider it entirely unthinkable that extremist judges should be allowed to remain in office,
      Deutsche Welle
      Mayer said
    • 88:88
      It is quite clear that we have deliberately taken certain precautions in the Basic Law in the wake of our historical experiences with the 'Third Reich,'
      Deutsche Welle
      the law professor told DW in an interview
    • 88:88
      Friedrich Merz
      Since last weekend at the latest, it has also become inconceivable for me to elect AfD members of the German Bundestag to the position of committee chairperson."
      Deutsche Welle
      Referring to the decision by the BfV, CDU leader Friedrich Merz said
    • 88:88
      Tino Chrupalla
      We will not stand in the way of a second round of voting tomorrow,
      Reuters
      Tino Chrupalla told n-tv television, ... adding Bundestag
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      I'm not interested in producing quick headlines from this assessment,
      China Daily
      he told the newspaper Bild, in response to the extremist designation
    • 88:88
      Of course we must continue reporting on the AfD,
      China Daily
      he said
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      We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped,
      Aljazeera
      Germany’s foreign ministry says
    • 88:88
      Tino Chrupalla
      With our lawsuit, we are sending a clear signal against the abuse of state power to combat and exclude the opposition,
      ABC News Go
      party co-leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel said, alleging an effort by the service to “distort democratic competition and delegitimize millions of votes.”
    • 88:88
      Marco Rubio
      Germany should reverse course."
      Le Monde
      US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the intelligence agency's move "tyranny in disguise" and said
    • 88:88
      History shows: 'People have to face the consequences of their actions',
      Le Monde
      he said, in what was seen as a threat against the agency
    • 88:88
      Dmitry Peskov
      The European political landscape itself is now full of various restrictive measures against those political forces and individuals whose world view does not fit into the dominant mainstream,
      Reuters
      Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said