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Does that sound like Hitler to you? Come on!”
Musk wrote of Ms Weidel’s background, as he endorsed the AfD in a December newspaper op-ed calling the party Germany’s “last spark of hope”. Why this hatred? We work, and we established ourselves. We are not a burden on society, so why this hatred? We love the German people,
I am anxious. Of course, the conservatives won't build a coalition with them but they will have a big name as opposition and I am worried about this,
No party truly represents me,
We now miss the days when Mrs. Merkel was in charge of the government,
he said, referring to long-time chancellor Angela Merkel We hope that the party that has taken over will have mercy on the people — not just refugees, but all German citizens,
If there were an AfD party in my country, I would vote for it,
All the other parties said to give more money to Ukraine and weapons,
I’m a white person, so it’s fine for me,
she said, suggesting the AfD base was racist I don’t go into the city in the dark alone anymore,
As of today, there is a gaping hole in the firewall of the parties of the system, which is really a wall of fear against the will of the people and of democratic change.”
Herbert Kickl, the leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom party, said At this rate of growth, @AfD will be the majority party by the next election.” ... Many thanks, @elonmusk! We doubled our results in 3 years & took a major milestone yesterday! Our goal is to become the strongest party in Germany!”
Musk later reposted Orbán’s message, adding ... Weidel replied ... she said, adding three German flag emojis Change is winning in Germany too! AfD doubles its votes, despite attacks and lies from the left, ... Europe must be radically changed”.
Matteo Salvini, the far-right deputy prime minister if Italy, also congratulated Weidel, saying ... adding that Congratulations @Alice_Weidel and @AfD!!!
The Netherlands’ Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Party for Freedom, which is part of a coalition government, wrote When I turned on my telephone this morning or rather looked at it, I had missed calls from the US including from Elon Musk who personally congratulated [me],
The people of Germany voted for change in immense numbers, ... Good luck and God bless Germany!”
the prime minister wrote on X, adding What happened in this election campaign cannot go unchallenged. It can be a political response. It can be a legal response. I want to analyze this calmly after this election campaign,
The surge in support will embolden the party to talk, perhaps even more aggressively, about the issues that matter most to them but that the major parties are reluctant to address,
We have never been stronger - we are the second-biggest force,
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel gloated, as she addressed crowds in Berlin after exit poll results were revealed on Sunday evening In five, or 10, or 15 years it may no longer be there,
she speculates, perhaps at the regional level initially, if not the national level