Hannes Loth elected mayor of small town of Raguhn-Jessnitz by slim margin, marking first time a candidate of the anti-immigration AfD has been voted in as full-time town mayor
Hannes Loth, 42, was elected for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to lead Raguhn-Jessnitz. With 51.13%, this member of the regional parliament of Saxony-Anhalt came out ahead of a candidate without a label. Just a week ago, the far-right party won the presidency of a local authority in Germany grouping together several municipalities. The election comes amid a strong surge in the polls of this anti-migrant, eurosceptic movement defending pro-Russian positions.
Passing through the busy streets, I was startled to see a street sign in Chinese, right next to another one in Dutch. Then the tour guide explained to us that
ITV Studios Germany has begun production on a German adaptation of the award-winning French comedy series Irresponsable, for ZDFneo, locally titled Like a Loser (w.t.).