Merkel's CDU 直面するs far-権利 challenge in eastern German 明言する／公表する 投票（する）
By Paul Carrel
BERLIN, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Germans in the eastern 明言する／公表する of Thuringia 投票（する） on Sunday in an 選挙 in which the far-権利 代案／選択肢 for Germany (AfD) is 捜し出すing to build on successes in two other 地域の 投票（する）s last month and to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 Angela Merkel's 保守的なs.
One of a number of 国家主義者 movements making waves across Europe, the AfD is the third largest party in Germany's 立法機関 behind Merkel's Christian 民主党員s (CDU) and the centre-left Social 民主党員s (SPD).
After 伸び（る）ing seats in the 国家の 議会 for the first time in 2017, the AfD is trying to build 勢い in the east. The party 殺到するd into second place in the eastern 明言する／公表するs of Saxony and Brandenburg in Sept. 1 選挙s.
In Thuringia, 投票s show the AfD running neck-and-neck with Merkel's CDU, just behind the far-left Linke, which 長，率いるs the 判決，裁定 地域の 連合 with the SPD and ecologist Greens.
Before the 投票（する）, the CDU leader in Thuringia, マイク Mohring, received a death 脅し that ended "Heil Hitler!". Mohring said 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd neo-Nazi 極端論者s 脅すd to を刺す him in the neck or attack one of his 決起大会／結集させるs with a car 爆弾 if he did not stop （選挙などの）運動をするing.
"I believe we shouldn't leave any room for hate, for 暴力／激しさ, for 侵略, for death 脅しs," he said ahead of the 選挙.
An INSA 投票 published on Thursday showed the AfD and CDU tied on 24%, with the Linke on 28%, the SPD on 9%, the Greens on 8% and the 商売／仕事-friendly 解放する／自由な 民主党員s (FDP) on 5%, the threshold parties must より勝る to enter the 地域の 議会.
連合 building is likely to be tricky if the 選挙 result 反映するs those 投票 numbers.
The AfD in Thuringia is led by Bjoern Hoecke, an anti-移民，移住（する） former history teacher who has drawn 批評 from ユダヤ人の leaders and mainstream 政治家，政治屋s for calling Berlin's 大破壊／大虐殺 記念の a "monument of shame" and 需要・要求するing that schools 最高潮の場面 German 苦しむing in World War Two.
Hoecke's ultra-権利 姿勢 is 涙／ほころびing at party まとまり. His 運動 to pull the party その上の to the 権利 has alarmed more 穏健な members aware that his ひどく anti-移民，移住（する） 姿勢 is ありそうもない to 伸び（る） traction with 投票者s in western Germany.
In July, 得点する／非難する／２０s of 上級の AfD members 非難するd Hoecke's rising 影響（力）. The fight for the 未来 direction of the AfD is 推定する／予想するd to come to a 長，率いる at a party 会議／協議会 in December. (令状ing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Douglas Busvine and James Drummond)
