The vote in Pirna fits into the Alternative for Germany party’s strategy of “normalization.” By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin Voters in eastern Germany on Sunday elected a far-right ...
AfD candidate for mayor of Pirna, Germany, Tim Lochner (center), flanked by Jan Zwerg, general secretary of the far-right party in Saxony, and Jorg Urban, AfD president in Saxony, December 17, 2023, ...
Leader Alice Weidel described the result as "historic". The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has won its first mayoral election in a city. AfD leader Alice Weidel described the result in ...
Tim Lochner takes the podium on the market square during an election campaign rally in Pirna, Germany on July 11, 2023. (Photo by Matthias Rietschel/Getty Images) Credit: Matthias Rietschel/Getty ...