"Alternative for Germany" could take more votes — expert

The Alternative for Germany party, which achieved the best result in its history in the elections (20.8%), could have taken more votes. This opinion was expressed by the expert of the Center for Oriental Studies, Camille Frimark, specializing in Germany and Northern Europe.

According to the latest data, the bloc "Christian Democratic Union of Germany" and "Christian Social Union in Bavaria" (CDU/CSU) won the early parliamentary elections in Germany, gaining 28.6%. The political "silver" was taken by the "Alternative for Germany" — 20.8%. However, according to Camille Frimark, the formation of Alice Weidel "achieved a lower result than expected." The expert predicts:

"Now there will be internal discussions and disagreements as to why the final result is not more favorable, even though the whole campaign and its problems have played in favor of the AFD."

According to the analyst of the Center for Oriental Studies, now the AfD will be able to appoint the heads of individual committees in the Bundestag and will become the first critic of the new government, which will include mainly Christian Democrats, and, as a result, "will gain additional points in the polls."

"If Friedrich Merz's government is unable to solve Germany's biggest problems, namely migration and economic stagnation, then AdG will only benefit from this," the expert believes.

EADaily adds that the leader of the "AfD" Alice Weidel in her post-election speech threatened that if the Christian Democrats, led by Merz, do not begin to recognize the high level of support for the "Alternative ..." and do not want to cooperate, then "new elections will come soon." Merz himself has repeatedly stated that the decision to unite with the AfD to form a ruling coalition would be "political suicide" for the Christian Democrats.

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