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Right-wing parties are gaining momentum in Europe, with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) recently winning elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, securing 44% and 38% of the vote respectively. The AfD now leads polls in North Rhine-Westphalia with a national support rate of 28%, surpassing Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union. Similarly, in the UK, Nigel Farage’s Reform party topped national opinion polls for 15 months before Labour replaced its prime minister. These movements are challenging traditional political landscapes but are not necessarily indicative of a resurgence of fascism.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
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The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has recently seen significant electoral success, winning 44% of votes in Saxony-Anhalt and 38% in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, both former East German states. Initially dismissed as a reaction to deindustrialization post-reunification, the AfD's recent polling at 28% nationally and leading in populous North Rhine-Westphalia suggests its influence is expanding beyond eastern Germany. This shift raises concerns about the party's potential for national power and challenges simplistic views of right-wing movements as mere historical grievances or fascist revivals.
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Right-wing parties are ascending across Europe, with some already playing a role in governing the continent’s most powerful countries, and others poised to do so soon.
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It would be a grave mistake to condemn these movements as betokening the return of fascism.
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It would also be a mistake to cheer them on.
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It’s worthwhile to examine the rise of these parties in thorough detail.
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Recent victories by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in two recent provincial elections have focused attention on the right-wing party and its designs for national power.
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Last month, the AfD won 44 percent of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, and captured 38 percent in coastal Mecklenburg-Vorpommern two weeks later.
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While it was once easy to write off the AfD as the political manifestation of the anger and frustration that many in the heavily deindustrialized region continue to feel over 35 years since reunification, current polls placing the AfD ahead in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, indicate that the party can no longer be dismissed as a mere eastern phenomenon.
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Nationwide, the AfD stands at 28 percent, 8 points ahead of its closest rival, the Christian Democratic Union of Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Germany’s main governing party since the republic was refounded in 1949.
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The success of the AfD as a party that political scientists classify as “far right” is being mirrored across the continent.
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In the United Kingdom, Nigel Farage’s Reform, an outgrowth of the United Kingdom Independence Party that helped push the country to leave the European Union, led national opinion polls for 15 months until the ruling Labour Party replaced its unpopular prime minister this past July.
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