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Riding a wave of voter frustration and anger over the migrant crisis, it became the main opposition party and now has 91 seats. Its share of the vote sagged to Its two leading candidates were Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla. Even before Covid, the party's support was shrinking, as voter concerns about immigration receded. The AfD has been in the news for rejecting Covid restrictions and holding a party conference face to face, not remotely.
Many in the party see the restrictions as a gross violation of personal liberty. Party leaders have called for an end to lockdown measures and compulsory masking. It is also calling for Germany to leave the EU and for the return of border controls, including physical measures such as fences.
The AfD won't enter government, that's for sure. Its nativist rhetoric makes the party toxic to most Germans - its election slogan, "Germany, but normal", implies minorities don't belong. All other parties have ruled out going into coalition with the AfD. The party was formed out of the remnants of the old East German socialist party and disaffected left-wingers who left the SPD in the mid-noughties. Its main candidates were Janine Wissler and Dietmar Bartsch.
The party campaigned for increases in pensions and the minimum wage and an end to the system that cuts benefits for the long-term unemployed.
It also wants to withdraw all German soldiers from international military missions. Although Die Linke has its share of anti-capitalist radicals, it also leads a state government in Thuringia.
Bodo Ramelow has been premier of the eastern state since Die Linke was being talked about as part of a possible coalition. But the party performed poorly in this election, winning only 4. Die Linke has no chance of putting forward a chancellor, nor is it likely to feature in coalition talks. The party's anti-Nato stance would also be a major stumbling block in coalition talks. Merkel's party leaders back successor for top job. Angela Merkel: Germany's shrewd political survivor.
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