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From BBC learning English this is learning English from the news, our podcast about the news headlines.
In this programme, far right wins german state election for the first time since World War two.
Hello, I'm Phil.
And I'm Beth.
In this program, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode, as well as the worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
So let's hear more about this story.
So the AfD, that is alternative for Deutschland, which has been classified as a far right organization by german authorities, won the Thuringia state election in Germany.
Now, Thuringia is a small state that was part of East Germany.
AfD won the highest number of seats in the election, but could struggle to form a state government as other parties are refusing to work with them.
AfD voters have raised concerns about asylum and immigration and green policies.
They also want to stop german military aid to Ukraine.
And we have a headline here that describes the reaction to this election.
Europe reels from far right victory in eastern Germany elections.
And that's from Euronews.
Again, that headline Europe reels from far right victory in eastern Germany elections and that is from Euronews.
So this headline is talking about how political figures around Europe have reacted to this result.
And we have this expression, real from which is what we're looking at now.
Real from physically means to walk, stumbling from side to side looking like you're about to fall.
Yeah.