Triumph of radical parties?

Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance election campaign in Thuringia

Color attack on Sahra Wagenknecht in Erfurt. BSW expects approval from voters in Saxony and Thuringia Source: DPA / Martin Schutt/DPA/AAP Image

According to surveys, two far-right and left-wing parties are ahead in the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia. Are there signs of a profound political change in Germany? Dieter Herrmann, editor-in-chief of WOCHE IN AUSTRALIA, answers this question.



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