State parliament elects Germany’s first far-right speaker since second world war
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#78W5G)
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Alternative fur Deutschland has become Germany's first far-right party to secure the position of speaker of a regional parliament since the second world war.
Tobias Rausch, a former estate agent, was elected in the first round of voting on Tuesday in Saxony-Anhalt. He won 48 out of the 82 votes cast.
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