The far -right AFD of Germany suffers

About six candidates for the far right AFD in Germany have died in the last weeks before the local elections in the major Western state of North Rhine-Westfalia.

Police have made it clear that there is no evidence of a false game at death, but that means that new ballots will have to be printed and some postal voters will have to process their newsletters.

North Rhine-Westphalia has a population of 18 million, and the reported 20,000 candidates will run for position in the local election of September 14.

The number of deaths, however, raised questions on social media. The Interior Ministry of the State said that candidates from other parties, including Greens and Social Democrats, were also killed.

AFD became Germany’s second largest party during the February Federal Election, spreading from its eastern heart in the West areas.

The internal spy agency classifies it as a right -wing extremist organization in May before pausing this description due to a complaint in anticipation in court. In three eastern states, his AFD associations are still listed as extremist.

The initial reports focused on the news that four of his candidates had died and then the death of two candidates for a reserve, and encouraged a storm of conspiracy theories on social media.

AFD’s contemporary Alice Widel made no effort to cancel speculation by redirecting a claim to retired economist Stefan Homburg that the number of candidate deaths was “statistically almost impossible”.

However, asked about the rumors in his party, the number two figure of AFD in North Rhine -Westephalia, Kay Gothalk admitted on Tuesday that “what I have in front of me – but it is only partial information – it does not support these suspicions at the moment.”

He told Politico Berlin Playbook’s podcast that his party wants cases to be investigated “without immediately entering the territory of conspiracy theory.” He said they should step carefully to the families concerned because they lost a family member.

Police have told the German news agency DPA that the four initial deaths are either for natural reasons, or the reason is not revealed for reasons for family confidentiality. The two other deaths are similarly described.

AFD strategists hope for profits in the northern Rhine-Westphalia local elections, which are considered as the first voter test, as the new federal government has come to power.

In the last state elections in May 2022, the AFD interviewed only 5.4% in a region, which is home to the German Industrial core in the Ruhr Valley and suffered from steep workpiece losses.

AFD surveyed 16.8% in the country of the federal elections last February, and polls suggest that the party could almost match these numbers.

The party found support among several leading US figures on the right, who accused the German government of trying to suppress AFD through bureaucracy.

Technical billionaire Elon Musk, who approved the end country migration policies earlier this year, repeated his support for AFD in recent days.

“Either Germany votes AFD, or that’s the end of Germany,” he said.