AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt: Why the National Rally Remains Silent
Following the AfD's electoral success in this German state, the National Rally has made no comment on the result, unlike Reconquest!, which hailed it as historic, according to RFI.
According to RFI, the AfD (Alternative for Germany) has achieved a significant electoral victory in Saxony-Anhalt, a state in eastern Germany. This success, however, has prompted no official reaction from France's National Rally (RN).
According to the same source, only the far-right party Reconquest! has publicly welcomed this result, describing it as historic. Marine Le Pen, the RN's candidate for the next presidential election, has remained silent on the matter, RFI reports.
RFI recalls that the RN and AfD were previously allied parties at the European level. These ties have since been broken, though the media does not elaborate further on the exact circumstances of this rupture in the excerpt consulted.
This lack of reaction from the RN to the AfD's electoral breakthrough illustrates, according to RFI, a distancing by the French party from its former German partner, at a time when the AfD is registering significant electoral results in Germany.
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