Germany's eurosceptic AfD 殺到するs to 勝利,勝つ seats in two 明言する/公表するs

By Erik Kirschbaum and Michelle ツバメ

BERLIN, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Germany's eurosceptic 代案/選択肢 for Germany (AfD) party 殺到するd to 勝利,勝つ more than 10 パーセント of the 投票(する) in two 明言する/公表するs on Sunday in a growing challenge to (ドイツなどの)首相/(大学の)学長 Angela Merkel as her new 右翼 競争相手 makes その上の inroads into her 力/強力にする base.

Merkel's 保守的な Christian 民主党員s (CDU) could also 苦しむ an ominous loss of 力/強力にする in the 明言する/公表する of Thuringia if the 強行路線 Left party can 説得する the Social 民主党員s (SPD) to switch 忠誠s and elect Germany's first Left 明言する/公表する 首相.

The AfD, which was 設立するd in 早期に 2013 to …に反対する euro zone bailouts, より勝るd all 予測(する)s to 勝利,勝つ 10.2 パーセント of the 投票(する) in Thuringia and 11.9 パーセント in Brandenburg, によれば 発射/推定s broadcast on German television late on Sunday.

The upstart AfD, ostracised by all mainstream parties, had already won a shock 9.7 パーセント in an 選挙 in Saxony two weeks ago on a (選挙などの)運動をする that is now also ひどく 焦点(を合わせる)d on 法律 and order.

While the AfD fell just short of the 5 パーセント 障害物 in last year's 連邦の 選挙, the 権利-leaning party is now cresting over 7 パーセント 国家的に. It now has seats in three of 16 明言する/公表する 議会s.

AfD leader Bernd Lucke, a 52-year-old 経済的なs professor and father of five, said the strong results in two more eastern 明言する/公表するs 追加する to the 勢い of the party, which also w on 7 パーセント of the 投票(する) in May's European 議会の 選挙.

"We're delighted that 投票者s have made the choice for a political 再開," Lucke said. "The results are even better than in Saxony and will give us enormous tailwind. We're not going to sit still and let the other parties bad-mouth us."

Some political 分析家s had 予報するd the AfD might wither like the once trendy 著作権侵害者s party, even though the AfD's 階級s are filled with experienced 政治家,政治屋s who defected from the centre-権利. The AfD was also 疫病/悩ますd by infighting earlier this year and struggled to 茎・取り除く an exodus of members.

Most 損失ing, in a country where far-権利 見解(をとる)s are anathema in politics because of the Nazi past, were 主張s the AfD was 存在 infiltrated and supported by 極端論者s.

But Lucke managed to silence the 過激な elements and 広げる the AfD's message. It was 初めは a one-問題/発行する party calling for a return to the Deutsche 示す. Its 焦点(を合わせる) now 含むs better education, more 安全 and support for small 商売/仕事s.

MERKEL MAY LOSE THURINGIA

German SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel said his centre-left party needs to now 取り組む the ますます popular AfD instead of 大部分は ignoring it as major parties have done. He also 非難するd low 投票者 人出/投票者数 for inflating the AfD's success.

"The AfD's 政策s are shockingly anti-European," the Economy 大臣 said. Merkel had no comment on the 選挙s.

"The 井戸/弁護士席-paid professors and 商売/仕事 lobbyists who lead the AfD can afford (to be anti-European) as they have 安全な・保証する 職業s and income but 技術d 労働者s and labourers are reliant on us remaining an 輸出(する) nation - we need Europe."

The AfD's meteoric rise could 悪化させる 緊張s inside Merkel's 保守的な (軍の)野営地,陣営 about how to を取り引きする the 出現 of the first 本物の 脅し on their 権利. The 保守的なs have 支配するd out any 同盟 with the AfD.

The CDU's more natural 連合 partner, the 解放する/自由な Democats (FDP), are in freefall after 衝突,墜落ing out of the 国家の 議会 in 2013. They were humiliatingly 排除する/(飛行機などから)緊急脱出するd from both 議会s on Sunday with いっそう少なく than 3 パーセント of the 投票(する).

In Thuringia, the CDU won 33.7 パーセント but the 改革(する) 共産主義者 Left won a best-ever 28.2 パーセント. The SPD won just 12.6 パーセント but was considering 保釈(金)ing out of its 連合 with the CDU to join 軍隊s with the Left - a first that could 可能にする such a left-leaning 連邦の 政府 in 2017.

Together with the Greens, who won 5.9 パーセント, the Left and SPD could form a three-way 左派の(人) 同盟 that could one day 支配する at the 連邦の level. The SPD dropped its self-課すd 禁止(する) on 連合s with the Left party after the 2013 選挙.

Worried about the spectre of Left-SPD-Greens tie-up in Thuringia and the 国家の 関わりあい/含蓄s, Merkel (選挙などの)運動をするd ひどく against such a 左派の(人) 同盟, 警告 the SPD in Thuringia against forming a 連合 that would 任命する/導入する the first 強行路線 Left party 明言する/公表する 首相.

In the 明言する/公表する of Brandenburg, the SPD (機の)カム out on 最高の,を越す with 32.1 パーセント and looks likely to continue its 連合 with the Left party, which won 18.7 パーセント. Merkel's CDU won 22.8 パーセント and the Greens won 6.2 パーセント.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Erik Kirschbaum and Michelle ツバメ; editing by Ralph Boulton)

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