German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attacks far-right party “Alternative for Germany” (AzG) at the beginning of today's debate in the Bundestag, stating that his government will “do everything in its power” to stop it, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.
Scholz called “depressing“ the results of the recent elections in the eastern German states of Saxony and Thuringia, where the AfD made historic gains.
In Thuringia, the AzG came out on top – the first victory of a far-right party in a provincial election in Germany since the Nazi era. In Saxony, the AfD came in second place, with a narrow margin from the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
„I will never put up with this,”, Scholz said, commenting on the far-right's successes at the start of today's Bundestag debates.
Scholz's centre-left Social Democrats, as well as his coalition partners the Greens and the Free Democrats, saw their support drop in the elections in both provinces.
The chancellor accused the German Democratic Party of being tied to the past, of having outdated ideas about humanity, and of seeking to deprive Germany of a good future.
Scholz's statement came ahead of elections in the eastern German state of Brandenburg on September 22. There, Scholz's party has long led the provincial government, but now, according to polls, is lagging behind the AzG.
Scholz's constituency is in Potsdam, the capital of the state of Brandenburg, and his wife, Britta Ernst, was a minister from the Social Democrats in the state government. She resigned last year.