Friday, July 28, 2023

Far-right AfD Expects Significant Gains in Upcoming Bavarian Election | DW News

Jul 28, 2023 | Germany’s biggest state Bavaria is bracing for its local elections. The traditionally conservative region is considered the wealthiest state of all in Germany. Still, the far right Alternative für Deutschland, as in the rest of Germany, is projected to reach a new record share of the vote in the upcoming elections. We went there to the Bavarian city of Straubing to find out why.

DW's political correspondent Benajmin Alvarez-Gruber tells us more on the significance of the AfD's rise in Germany. And we talk to our political correspondent Thomas Sparrow, who reports for us on the AfD's convention in Magdeburg.