NPD defeat in Saxony: And out is it!

The NPD missed the introduction in Saxony scarcely - a sensitive defeat for the right-wing extremists in their center, particularly since they must deliver thousands of voices to the AfD. Settled are not they therefore however yet.


Holger Szymanski looks the first prognosis and computer forecast rather behind closed doors alone, above in the tower of the Saxon federal state parliament. Its supporters, two dozen of functionaries, delegate and guests, usually young men in shirt and suit, must endure some areas of far hours, until the NPD party head and leading candidate on late Sunday evening speak to them.


There the brown bar stands in the computer forecasts still on 5,0 percent. But Federal Party boss of Udo Pastörs pushes his man in Saxony direction cameras and knocks him demonstratively on the shoulder. Two dozen of functionaries, delegate and guests applaud well-behaved, knock against with sparkling wine. Pastörs and some different intone even the riser song: “Luck up, luck up”, resounds it over the corridor. The NPD supporters make themselves courage. In the end there is 809 voices, which are missing to them to the reintroduction. 4.95 percent - a harsh defeat and in the center of the right-wing extremists. Ten years long was the Dresdens parliamentary group the most important power base of the NPD, a company that takes on trainees for young functionaries from the whole federal territory and above all financial resources. 1,4 million euros of tax funds the parliamentary group per year of the state, whose free democratic condition rejects it, got. Thereby is now conclusion which must themselves look for eight delegates and approximately 40 employees new jobs. Of “regrouping staff” Pastörs, as exactly he wants to make that, does not speak says it. He knows exactly that its party cannot catch the loss of the parliamentary group: The federation NPD is financial in the permanent crisis, which occupies parliamentary group in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, remained only, well. Shrinking master clientele that is not the only problem of the NPD, those nevertheless in two weeks also in Brandenburg and Thuringia start.News. The Saxony choice points its borders to the right-wing extremists out: They are still firmly anchored, with a master constituency of nevertheless more than 80,000 supporters in the Free State. But also shrinks, 10,000 former voters remained this time at home, even in their centers for instance in Saxon Switzerland must the NPD of losses accept: in Reinhardtsdorf Schöna it reaches however still 16.1 percent, in the health resort Rathen 13.5 percent and in Sebnitz 15.2 percent. However to win, the NPD does not create new voters. Protest voters rather made their cross with the AfD. Serves populist tones, is however far away from the Nazi Schmuddel image of the NPD, which rushed in the election campaign against asylum seekers and building of mosques and pull as a warning party obviously few, as Szymanski must admit the news. Particularly since its party neglected the social topics - “an error”, as it says. The AfD took after election analyses 13,000 voices to the right-wing extremists. “”, Says the NPD functionary hurts from news. It had given six percent as a choice goal. “We become the AfD before us float”, say Szymanski, it sound helplessly. Outside of the parliament the NPD might hardly succeed now. Probably if necessary loutishness will remain as in the election campaign, in which functionaries called the AfD among other things “worm extension of the German immigration parties”.