Barnaby Joyce rejects German far-right comparison after AfD state win

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Barnaby Joyce, an MP for Australia's One Nation party, has distanced his party from Germany's far-right AfD, which won a state election in Saxony-Anhalt with 44 percent of the vote, calling the party's success "alarm bells." The AfD, classified as "far-right extremist" by German intelligence, faces isolation as other parties refuse to cooperate, though its win marks the first far-right state-level victory in Germany since World War Two. Joyce contrasted the AfD with other right-wing populists he views as tolerable, citing his family's history fighting fascism. The election result, which also dealt a blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives, is part of a broader surge in European far-right populism, prompting thousands of protests across Germany against the AfD's agenda of immigration restrictions, pro-Russia ties, and euro exit.


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