Here’s how supporters of the far-right party responded to the election outcome
At the party’s headquarters in Berlin, Gilbert Kalb hailed the results
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“It’s the most amazing feeling. I’ve been here since its founding and to see it on 20 percent is amazing,” “We’ll be kept out of the coalition but as you can see, the conservatives are taking all of our positions”
AfD member Mary Khan praised the gains of the party, which entered the Bundestag for the first time in 2017
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“We are such a young party now and have caught up enormously over the last few years, so we can be really satisfied and, above all, happy”
Bjoern Hoecke, the party leader in the state of Thuringia, said,
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"the results portended a “new era” for Germany"
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“The AfD is the only force that is relevant, one that has really stood united against the colourful Zeitgeist and the sovereign”
“It really is an exclamation mark and I believe that we are entering a new era, a turbulent time but also a time of change, which is good for Germany”
AfD Alternative für Deutschland party
AfD is deeply divided over support of the Jewish state
Since its inception in 2013 the AfD 1. has been plagued by antisemitic incidents 2. and the leadership appears to be split over its attitude towards Israel and the war in Gaza
