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Germany’s far-right AfD party, led by Tino Chrupalla, is weaponizing mail-in voting fears—echoing Trump-era tactics—with baseless claims of fraud targeting seniors in nursing homes. As a pivotal state election looms, the AfD surges in polls by stoking anti-immigration anger and distrust in media, mirroring “Trumpism” without naming him. Election officials and nursing home advocates dismiss the allegations, yet the party’s rise threatens post-war democratic norms and signals a broader European right-wing shift—though national contexts prevent a unified front.

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