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[if the votes for the far right and far left are added together, the far right received more than 60% and half of the votes in thuringia and saxony respectively.]

this is another setback for german chancellor olaf scholz and his political coalition.

according to exit polls, the far-right alternative for germany won the most votes (32.8% of the votes) in the parliamentary election in the central german state of thuringia on september 1 local time, becoming the largest party in the state parliament. this is the first time that the alternative for germany has won a state parliamentary election since its establishment in 2013.

at the same time, in the state parliament elections held in saxony in eastern germany, germany's current largest opposition party, the christian democratic union (cdu), became the largest party in the state parliament (31.9% of the votes), and the alternative for germany (30.6% of the votes) became the second largest party in the state parliament, lagging behind by only a slight margin in support.

in the two states, the vote share of scholz's social democratic party and the green party and the free democratic party, which are currently in a coalition government in the federal government, has dropped significantly. what is more alarming is that the newly formed left-wing populist alliance sara wagenknecht alliance (bsw) won 15.8% of the votes in the thuringia state election, ranking third in support.

however, since the alternative for germany's vote share still does not exceed half of the seats, most other mainstream german parties refuse to form an alliance with it, so even if the party wins, it will be difficult for it to form a state government.