By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke
SONNEBERG, Germany (Reuters) – In a recent discussion by the east German district council of Sonneberg about getting refugees into work, Roland Schliewe of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) said demanding jobs could not be given to North Africans because they had a low IQ.
Despite the remarks, recorded in a transcript obtained by Reuters, Schliewe was re-elected to Sonneberg’s council on Sunday. The AfD won 26% of the vote across the state of Thuringia, up eight points from 2019.
In neighbouring Hildburghausen, a man who sells merchandise featuring Nazi and Ku Klux Klan motifs won 25% and is now in a run-off to become district administrator.
Such events were for decades unthinkable in a Germany so…
