@realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoGerman far-right party wins a state election for the first time since the Naziswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down15
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minus-square@lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish12•8 months agoDisclaimer: Having most of the votes does not automatically mean being part of the government. You need 50% of the seats and they are alone and won’t get them.
minus-square@realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoI figured that’s why the headline wasn’t “The AfD Takes Over Germany!”
minus-square@davitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoI mean it’s a state election. Even if they gained 100% control of that state’s government they wouldn’t have taken over Germany.
minus-square@realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•8 months agoTrue, but AfD support is still growing in Germany.
Disclaimer: Having most of the votes does not automatically mean being part of the government. You need 50% of the seats and they are alone and won’t get them.
I figured that’s why the headline wasn’t “The AfD Takes Over Germany!”
I mean it’s a state election. Even if they gained 100% control of that state’s government they wouldn’t have taken over Germany.
True, but AfD support is still growing in Germany.