Writers, directors and actors called on voters in Goertliz to not to succumb to AfD party's 'hate and enmity' A 51-year-old immigrant has been elected mayor of a town in eastern Germany after beating a candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a campaign that drew international attention. Octavian Ursu, a classical musician who came to Germany from Romania in 1990s, stood for Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right Christian Democratic Union party, receiving 55.1% of th...
German far-right candidate loses mayoral bid after film industry petition
The Guardian - 17 Jun 2019 06:04
Writers, directors and actors called on voters in Goertliz to not to succumb to AfD party's 'hate and enmity' A 51-year-old immigrant has been elected mayor of a town in eastern Germany after beating a candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a campaign that drew international attention. Octavian Ursu, a classical musician who came to Germany from Romania in 1990s, stood for Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right Christian Democratic Union party, receiving 55.1% of th...
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