AfD tells Scholz to ‘pack up bags’ after ‘wake up call’ German elections

The leader of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party told Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, to ‘pack his bags and make room’ after victories in state level elections. The far right’s first victory in a German state election in the post-war era must be a ‘wakeup call’ for everyone, the party leader of chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) said on Monday. The AfD was in the top spot in Thuringia, with 32.8% of the vote, and second place in Saxony, with 30.6% in Germany’s east

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