Germany’s far-right AfD suffers series of candidate deaths ahead of local vote

Up to six candidates for the right AFD in Germany in recent weeks before the local elections in North Ryan Westphalia.

The police have shown that there is no evidence that the wrong play is in deaths, but this means that new ballot cards should be printed and some barricaders will have to reformulate their ballot cards.

The population of North Ryan Westfalia is 18 million, and 20,000 candidates for positions will be nominated in the local elections on September 14.

However, the number of deaths raised questions on social media. The state Ministry of Interior indicated that the candidates are other parties, including vegetables and socialist Democrats, also died.

AFD became the second largest party in Germany in the federal elections in February, and spread from its eastern heart to the western regions as well.

The local espionage agency classified it as a right -wing extremist organization in May, before a stoppage of this description due to a court appeal. In three eastern states, AFD associations are still listed as extremist.

Initial reports focused on news that four of its candidates had died, and then the death of reserve candidates, which led to a wave of conspiracy theories on social media.

Alice Wadel, the co -captain of AFD, did not make any effort to cancel the speculation, as it re -claimed by retired economist Stephen Humburg that the number of candidates’ deaths was “almost statistically impossible.”

However, he was asked about the rumors in his party, both AFD in North Ryan Westphalia, Kay Guccark, admitted on Tuesday that “I have no front – but this is just partial information – do not support these doubts at the present time.”

Politico Berlin Playbook said that his party wanted to investigate issues “without immediately entering into the conspiracy theory.” He said they should take care of the families concerned because they lost a family member.

The police told Germany’s news agency in Germany that the four primary deaths are either normal causes or that the cause has not been revealed the causes of family privacy. The other two loyalty were described as the same.

The AFD strategy hopes to obtain gains in the local elections in North Ryan Westphalia, which is seen as the first test of voters since the new federal government has reached power.

In the last state elections in May 2022, AFD surveyed only 5.4 % in an area that includes the homeland of Germany’s industrial heart in Wadi Al -Rour and suffered from loss of sharp jobs.

AFD has surveyed 16.8 % in the state in the federal elections last February, and polls indicate that the party can almost coincide with these numbers.

The party found support among many leading American figures on the right who accused the German government of trying to suppress AFD through bureaucracy.

Technical billionaire Illon Musk, who supported immigration policies in the extremist party earlier this year, has supported AFD in recent days.

“Either Germany votes AFD, or it is the end of Germany,” he claimed.