I'm John Bachelor.

To Berlin, Germany, Judy Dempsey, the editor-in-chief of Strategic Europe

for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,

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scale of the European Union concerns

from the tax regime, which is featured today

having to do with the European Union's decision about Apple and about Google

to the security concern in Ukraine and weapon systems flowing to Ukraine or not.

At the same time, Germany is most concerned with the recent

elections in two states in the east of Germany, once upon a time Eastern Germany under the Soviet sphere.

That would be Turinja and Saxony. Saxony is a colorful place associated with a disaster in the Second World War, the destruction of Dresden.

However, this is East Germany, and there's another election soon enough that may be determinative of these

are state elections but the national assembly is the one that all eyes are on

that's the center of the country's government in Berlin.

And Judy's going to help me understand some headlines that are coming up

since AFD, alternative for De and success in Turringia and semi-success in Saxony.

For example, at municipal elections in Nordhausen in Turringia State in eastern Germany, a hot spot

for alternative for Deutschland.

The far-right mayoral candidate, York Prophet, finished almost 20 percentage points ahead of the other five

candidates. There will be a runoff. That's an up-to-date fact following the state elections.

Judy, a very good day to you. The excitement in the to know about it and now that it's so much in the news is it changing or are they being

more cautious about some of their what you'd have to say incendiary statements good evening

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