Here we go again. Traditional parties have been severely punished by voters.
Instead of voting for the traditional parties that have shifted from one coalition to another, voters chose to support the extremes, both on the right and the left.
The big winners are the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Bündnis Sarah Wagenknecht (BSW). Unsurprisingly, the big losers are Olaf Scholz’s ruling party and its coalition partners.
In Thuringia, the AfD has become the strongest party, leaving its competitors far behind. The BSW, formed by Wagenknecht after leaving Die Linke to create her own party, has crushed her former party, taking almost all of its voters.
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In Saxony, the AfD has become the second strongest party. The coalition government parties have been severely defeated. As in Thuringia, the big winners here are the AfD and the BSW.
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The poor loser Olaf Scholz is now calling for a firewall against the far right after this electoral defeat. No other chancellor in recent German history has been as unpopular. Voters did not forgive him for his awkward silence when he sat next to President Biden during a press conference where Biden threatened to end the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. A few months later, the pipeline was destroyed, taking with it Germany’s access to affordable energy, a foundation of a competitive industry. This led to the rapid collapse of the economy. Voters did not forgive him, nor his Green coalition partners, for their unwavering support for the war in Ukraine. And voters don’t like being marginalized simply for questioning immigration or the "woke" agenda.
Frustration is deep and long-standing. Citizens have the opportunity to vote every four years. From 2005 to 2019, Germany experienced various forms of grand coalitions; left-right? It’s the same. If voters want to provoke change, they must vote for the extremes of the spectrum. And that’s what they are doing!
The frustration also stems from the evident disconnection between elected politicians and their voters. As soon as they take office, they forget the promises made on election posters and serve their globalist masters at the World Economic Forum. As Annalena Baerbock said, no matter what voters want, we’ll do what we want anyway.
Is the AfD a Threat to Democracy?
It is incorrect to stigmatize parties that meet the criteria to participate in the democratic process. If the AfD is not banned, then it is allowed! Traditional media should confront this party in the realm of ideas, not in the courts. The main threat to democracy comes from those who want to shut down debate and dialogue. Those who use laws and censorship to silence us. And these are the traditional parties.