Left political leaders from eastern provinces say that the surge of the far-right AfD party has opened old wounds in the country with a fractured past.
The Berlin Wall, a barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany from 1961 to 1989, now only has a few remaining sections that remind us of its approximately 160-kilometre length. / Photo: AP Archivecould drive a wedge between East and West Germany , the top elected official of the country’s Thuringia province has said.
“In social networks after the European elections, I'm now reading comments like: 'Where is the gratitude of East Germans?’,’ Ramelow told the Redaktionsnetz Deutschland newspaper on Tuesday.
With a 15.9 percent vote share, the AfD emerged as the second-largest force behind the conservative CDU/CSU. This was its best result to date in elections to the EU Parliament. The party“The starting position is difficult,” said Ramelow."But state elections are personal elections. And all personal elections have not gone well for the AfD."
“It is time for a Unification Treaty 2.0, which, in addition to formal unity, also brings people together better - for greater trust and cohesion between East and West,” he told RND, referring to the 1990 ‘Unification Treaty’ which formalised the merger of the West and East Germany into one nation.
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