The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party sees historic gains in Sunday’s state elections in the eastern states of Saxony and Thuringia as part of broader national ambitions, the party’s co-chairman said.
AfD co-chair Tino Chrupalla said further gains by the AfD would make it impossible for other German political parties to continue refusing to work with the AfD, which has been criticized by many as far too extremist and a threat to democracy in the country.
“Maybe the apple is not ripe yet,” Chrupalla said at an AfD press conference in Berlin.
“You have to be patient in politics, I’ve always said that,” he added later. “Ultimately, the others can’t get around us. The only question is when – and you have to wait for the right moment.”
Chrupalla described a “Project 2029” for his far-right party, which would see a nationwide parliamentary election scheduled to coincide with a number of state elections across the country.
“Overall, the goal must of course be to become the strongest power at a national level at some point. That is our goal,” Tino Chrupalla said at an AfD press conference in Berlin on Monday.
