KKE on AfD surge in Germany: Capitalist exploitation and imperialist rivalries fuel the far-right

Following the regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a historic victory with nearly 44% of the vote, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses that the rise of reactionary populism cannot be separated from capitalist exploitation, imperialist rivalries and the weakening of the class-oriented labour and communist movement.

In a comment, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the KKE states:

 

Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) on German Election 2025: The revolutionary perspective

We asked from the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands-KPD (Communist Party of Germany - KPD) to provide its position on the upcoming Federal Election that is due to take place on Sunday 23 February: 

KPD: Thoughts on the federal election

On February 23, 2025, the early federal election is approaching—a vote taking place in a time of growing social dissatisfaction and political polarization. People are increasingly and justifiably discontent with the current political landscape. But what are the real alternatives? How can we use our vote meaningfully, and what can we expect from the parties on the ballot?

Kommunistische Partei (KP) on German Election 2025: No vote for the parties of capital!

We asked from the  Kommunistische Partei KP (Communist Party, Germany) to provide its position on the upcoming Federal Election that is due to take place on Sunday 23 February:

No vote for the parties of capital!

On 23 February, the Bundestag will be elected in Germany. Once again, the bourgeois media are talking about a ‘fateful election’. It is said to be about nothing less than saving ‘democracy’. The spectre of a strong AfD is being used to blackmail us into voting for the other parties of the capitalist system as a supposedly lesser evil. 

KKE Party Organization in Germany on the 23 February German Federal Election: What should we vote for?

KKE members and supporters in Berlin (Archive Photo)

In an article published on Friday 14 February on 902.gr portal (read here in Greek), the Sectoral Party Organization of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) in Germany elaborates about the upcoming Federal Elections which are due to be held on Sunday 23 February 2025. 

Below you can read major abstracts of the article, analyzing the political situation and responding to the question "What should we vote for"? 

German Election 2025: Statement by Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) Organization in Germany

Statement of the TKP Organization in Germany on the upcoming German Federal Election (Bundestagswahl) which is due to be held on 23 February 2025:

Once again, the February elections are being presented as the ‘most important’ ones—a narrative designed to obscure the lack of real choice for the working class. Not only German institutions and organisations, but also many who claim to represent the Turkish community in Germany are calling on people to vote together against the AfD and for democracy.

On Elon Musk's live chat with the leader of the far-right AfD party

Recently, Alice Weidel, the frontwoman of Germany’s far-right AfD party, was interviewed by tycoon and Trump supporter Elon Musk. In their much-publicized virtual conversation, Weidel blurted out that Hitler was a “communist” and a “socialist” in order to show the distance that supposedly separates her from Nazism, since Hitler was “not a conservative” or “a libertarian” and that her party and she are “exactly the opposite”.

Racist crime in Germany: Turkish communists blast bourgeois hypocrisy towards fascism

Some 10,000 people marched in the town of Hanau, Germany, on Sunday as a show of support for the nine victims of a fascist terror attack. The mourners came together to demonstrate solidarity after a man shot nine people dead in the town on Wednesday before apparently killing his mother and himself. 

The 43-year-old assailant, named Tobias R., left rambling texts and videos in which he advocated racist views, called for genocide and claimed to have been under surveillance since birth.