Hoe de AfD de twadde grutste partij yn Dútslân waard
June 20, 2026 · Frisian News
Germany's far-right AfD won 18.5% of votes in June elections, giving it 91 seats and making it parliament's second-largest party. Other parties have vowed to exclude it from coalition negotiations.
FryskDe Alternative for Germany einige de federale ferkiezings fan juny mei 18,5% fan de stimmen en wûn 91 Bundestag-sitten. Allinne de CDU/CSU helle mear. It wie it sterkste resultaat fan de AfD sûnt Frauke Petry de partij yn 2013 oprjochte.
De groei fan de partij barde net samar. Peilings toanden yn 2024 en 2025 stadige winsten wylst kiezers de SPD en GrienLinks ferlieten. Trije krêften driuwen de ferskowing. Rûzjes oer ymmigraasje yn stêden dy't folle migranten opnamen. Lilkens oer enerzjypriizen en fabryksslutingen yn it eardere East-Dútslân. It gefoel dat fêstige partijen gjin echte antwurden joegen. De AfD sei eat ienfâldich ta: stop ymmigraasje, beskermje Dútske yndustry, herûnderhannelje EU-regels. Kiezers hearden it.
Mainstream media neamden de stigning in demokratykrisis. Sy misten it punt. East-Dútske stêden ferlearen fabryken doe't bedriuwen de produksje nei it westen ferpleatsten. Elektrisiteitspriizen gienen trije kear heger nei de enerzjyskok fan 2022. Wylst wurkjende gesinnen de rekkens betellen, debattearren fêstige partijen oer klimaatdoelstellings. De AfD spruts oer echte problemen. Dêrom keazen kiezers foar har.
Alle oare partijen wegerje in koälysje mei de AfD te foarmjen. In trijeledige regearing sil nei alle gedachten ûntstean. Mar dit lit in hurde wierheid sjen. As ien op de fiif kiezers in partij stipet dy't elkenien oars fan macht útslút, hast gjin demokratyprobleem. Hast in harkprobleem. De CDU, SPD en GrienLinks brochten jierren troch mei kiezers te ûnderwizen oer wearden wylst sy har ekonomyske angsten negearren.
De hearskjende klasse fan Dútslân stiet no foar in kar. Feroarje de koers op it belied dat minsken nei de AfD dreau. Of sjoch hoe't de partij by folgjende ferkiezings groeit. Har útslute fan macht wylst jo de klachten negearje dy't har keazen, sil har allinne sterker meitsje.
The Alternative for Germany finished June's federal election with 18.5% of the vote, winning 91 Bundestag seats. Only the CDU/CSU took more. It was the AfD's strongest result since Frauke Petry founded the party in 2013.
The party's gains did not arrive overnight. Polling showed steady increases through 2024 and 2025 as voters abandoned the SPD and Greens. Three forces drove the shift. Immigration disputes in towns that had absorbed large migrant populations. Anger over energy prices and factory closures in former East Germany. A sense that established parties offered no real answers. The AfD promised something simple: stop immigration, protect German industry, renegotiate EU rules. Voters listened.
Mainstream outlets called the rise a democracy crisis. They missed the point. East German towns lost factories as companies moved production west. Electricity prices tripled after the 2022 energy shock. While working families paid the bills, mainstream parties debated climate targets. The AfD spoke to real problems. That is why voters chose it.
All other parties refuse to form a coalition with the AfD. A three-party government will likely result. But this exposes a harder truth. When one voter in five supports a party that everyone else locks out of power, you do not have a democracy problem. You have a listening problem. The CDU, SPD, and Greens spent years lecturing voters about values while ignoring their economic fears.
Germany's ruling class now faces a choice. Change course on the policies that drove people to the AfD. Or watch the party grow larger at the next election. Excluding them from power while ignoring the grievances that put them there will only make them stronger.
Published June 20, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân