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发帖数: 7349 | 1 CONFIDENT of a strong showing, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a right-
wing populist party, splurged on a visually impressive venue to watch the
results of an election in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania on September 4th.
Its candidates and supporters gathered in a thatched-roof beach house on a
lakeside in Schwerin, overlooking the castle that houses the state assembly.
“We tack into the wind,” ran the message on the sail of a boat on the
water. And how the cheers went up when the exit polls came in.
The party won 21.9% of the vote, putting it second after the Social
Democrats (SPD), which got 30.2%—and beating the Christian Democrats (CDU)
of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who got just 19%. |
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