ER Editor: Readers may also be interested in this side-bar German media story, where notorious channel ZDF (like the BBC) visually misrepresents the AfD’s share of the vote in the recent elections in west Germany, where it has done historically well —
Significantly too few AfD seats: ZDF shows four falsified election graphics
Geography reminder. Baden-Wurttemberg lies just below Frankfurt —
********
Right-wing AfD makes historic gains in west German election
The party gained record-breaking support in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg outside of its political heartland
RT
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has scored a record result in Baden‑Wurttemberg’s regional elections, doubling its vote share from the previous election and achieving its highest result outside its traditional heartland.
The right-wing party finished third in the election held over the weekend, behind the Greens and Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU). It secured nearly 19% of the vote, up from just under 10% in 2021. The result also marks AfD’s highest score outside the former East German states, which are its traditional stronghold.
AfD’s previous best result in former West Germany was in the 2023 regional election in Hessen, where it won 18.4% of the vote.
The party’s federal co-chair, Tino Chrupalla, called the result “a huge success.” AfD regional co-chair Emil Saenze said his party would be willing to cooperate with the CDU or even join a coalition – something the Christian Democrats have ruled out so far.
The other regional co-chair, Markus Frohnmaier, said AfD and the CDU were the only two parties to make gains, adding that most voters supported “conservative” parties – a “clear signal” for change.
The Greens – a party known for its pro-EU, Atlanticist stance, which dominated the political landscape in the state over the past two electoral cycles – still narrowly defeated the CDU, with the margin between them under 1%. Both parties received roughly 30% of the vote.
The AfD has been steadily gaining ground across Germany over the past years, fueled by rising dissatisfaction with mainstream parties and debates over immigration and EU policies.
It remained the most popular opposition party throughout most of 2025 following the February elections, where it got 20% of the vote, taking second place to the CDU/CSU bloc. It continues to remain popular, with the latest polls suggesting it is supported by between 24% and 25% of Germans, just one point behind the CDU/CSU.
Source
Featured image source: https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/plus69ad32e0161cd9d527cd83e0/afd-in-baden-wuerttemberg-oeffentlich-wird-gefeiert-intern-herrscht-enttaeuschung-ueber-frohnmaier.html
************
Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com
••••
The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate, and for this we are grateful and excited! But we must also be practical. For 7 years we have not asked for any donations, and have built this project with our own funds as we grew. We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent. So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them. Nothing is too small. We thank you for all your support and your considerations … (TLB)
••••
Comment Policy: As a privately owned web site, we reserve the right to remove comments that contain spam, advertising, vulgarity, threats of violence, racism, or personal/abusive attacks on other users. This also applies to trolling, the use of more than one alias, or just intentional mischief. Enforcement of this policy is at the discretion of this websites administrators. Repeat offenders may be blocked or permanently banned without prior warning.
••••
Disclaimer: TLB websites contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of “fair use” in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, health, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than “fair use” you must request permission from the copyright owner.
••••
Disclaimer: The information and opinions shared are for informational purposes only including, but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material are not intended as medical advice or instruction. Nothing mentioned is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Leave a Reply