Germany’s anti-immigration AfD party, already strong in the eastern part of the country, is now rising in the west.
It seems there is not a month that goes by where Germany’s anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party does not achieve another record polling result, with the party now showing remarkable strength in the West of the country.
As Remix News already reported, the AfD is incredibly strong in the east of Germany, where it tops the polls in each eastern state except one where it sits in second. Support for the right-wing populist party has historically been far weaker in the west of the country, but new polling shows that picture is also rapidly changing.
In a poll out of the southern state of Baden-Württemberg, the AfD has hit a record 19 percent, rising seven percentage points since the last election. That puts the party in third place in that state, where it is behind the Green Party (24 percent) and the CDU (26 percent).