projections showed the alternative for Germany was on track on Sunday to become the first far-right party to win a regional election in Germany since World War II that hands the afd unprecedented power even if other parties are sure to exclude it from Office the party was set to win 33.2% of the vote in the state of turingia according to projections from broadcaster zdf which could potentially allow the afd to block decisions requireed IR iring a 2/3 majority such as the appointment of Judges celebrations were not open to the media but were broadcast on the party's YouTube channel I think the mood is very clear people want change said be hookah who leads the afd in the state he's the party's most extreme and controversial figure he was fined this year for using a banned Nazi paramilitary slogan turingia Premier Bodo ralo's party was battered despite his own personal popularity he said all Democratic parties now had to work together I am fighting against the normalization of fascism he said in neighboring Saxony conservatives have run the state since 1990 projections put them Just 1.1 percentage points ahead of the afd the afd D known for their anti-immigration stances may have drawn momentum in the final week of the election from a deadly knife attack at a festival it was allegedly carried out by an illegally resident Syrian National that authorities had failed to deport with a year to go before a national election in Europe's largest economy the results appeared punishing for Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Schultz's Coalition all three parties in the federal government look to have lost votes in both States according to the projections the results could increase pressure on Schultz to be tougher on immigration and intensify the debate over support for Ukraine as they were issues that dominated campaigning