Höcke is a member of Thuringia’s legislature, where AfD leads in the polls as the party’s rise throughout the country has stoked fears of a resurgence in nationalist extremism
Björn Höcke, leader of the Alternative for Germany in Thuringia , gestures during an election campaign rally for the Thuringia state elections in Nordhausen, Germany, on Aug. 29.Hundreds stood packed in a town square.
Despite the opposition, AfD is leading polls in Thuringia, with an estimated 30 per cent of the vote. Under him, the party has capitalized on the deep, lingering divisions between Germany’s east and west, and on faltering support for incumbent parties. AfD has campaigned on anxieties over issues such as immigration and the war in Ukraine. Although political observers say AfD is unlikely to form government, either in Thuringia or elsewhere in Germany, because mainstream parties have ruled out including it in coalitions, it remains a potent political force.
AfD has also strongly opposed Germany’s involvement in Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s invasion, which has included military and refugee support worth more than €33-billion to date. The party has argued that the sanctions on Russia are harming the German economy. Half of eastern Germans – twice as many as in the country’s westEven within AfD, the Thuringian branch is considered particularly extreme.
But Reimut Zohlnhöfer, a political scientist at Heidelberg University, said he doesn’t believe that claim. “Even after being charged and fined, he still used it again. He’s definitely not ignorant. It’s a kind of provocation.”
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