"PSD Will Become a Small Party, a Pale Copy of Extremists. Siegfried Mureşan, About the Impact of AFD Victory in Germany
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The MEP Siegfried Mureşan said, on Monday, after the AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, that the result of these elections is relevant also for Romania. The Liberal argues that parties trying to copy the speech of the extremists will not succeed in attracting their electorate and will lose their own credibility.
The result of the elections in the German Saxony-Anhalt, where the extreme right-wing AfD party has achieved a great victory is also relevant for us, said Romanian MEP Siegfried Mureșan, vice president of the PNL and the EPP. "This will show more and more electoral competitions in Europe in the following years, including in Romania: a confrontation between anti-European populists ...
Pro-European democratic forces will not win voters from the increasingly strong far-right parties if they try to copy their discourse, but will actually legitimize them and risk losing their credibility, stressed Siegfried Mureșan.
Victory-record obtained by AfD in Saxony-Anhalt is an alarm signal for the whole of Europe, supports the MEP PNL Siegfried Mureșan. The Liberal warns that democratic parties copying the speech of the extremists will not win their electorate, but risk losing their own credibility, and indicates Romania as one of the countries where this confrontation will become increasingly important.
„Populismul extremist nu se combata imitându-l. Confruntându-l direct și oferind oamenilor oamenilor o alternativaă graveasă. Ieri au avut loc alegeri regionale în landul Saxonia-Anhalt din Germania. Partidul populist, extremiss și anti-european AfD a ctigat alegerile cu aproximativ 44%. Pe locul al doilea s-a classat CDU, membru al Partidului Popular European, cu aproximati 18%. CDU [...]
According to the MEP, the election held in the German province also has lessons for Romania.
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