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US media made it seem like German people were turning out en masse to support fascists-when in fact less than a third of the only 7 percent of the German electorate that voted last week cast ballots for the extreme right Alternative for Germany(AfD).

German Parties Realign * Solidarity Protests Against the Far Right * Reports from South Africa, Mexico, Canada

The “red-red-green” coalition has taken office in Thuringia, German -- having squeezed through to victory by one single wavering vote.