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BERLIN — Safely inside the cordon of chain-link fences covered in campaign posters outside the Alternative for Germany’s Berlin headquarters, a crowd of supporters had gathered with beer and bratwurst to await — and celebrate — the results of the biggest election night in the nationalist, anti-immigrant party’s history. Democracy Dies in Darkness A German politician with a MAGA touch lifts his nationalist party to victory Ulrich Siegmund and his Alternative for Germany party sent tremors...

BERLIN — Safely inside the cordon of chain-link fences covered in campaign posters outside the Alternative for Germany’s Berlin headquarters, a crowd of supporters had gathered with beer and bratwurst to await — and celebrate — the results of the biggest election night in the nationalist, anti-immigrant party’s history. Democracy Dies in Darkness A German politician with a MAGA touch lifts his nationalist party to victory Ulrich Siegmund and his Alternative for Germany party sent tremors through establishment political circles in Berlin, Brussels and other capitals across Europe.
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