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Anti-euro party polls well in German state votes

Bodo Ramelow, top candidate of German party 'Die Linke' (The Left) for the parliament elections in Thuringia state listens to inhabitants during an election campaign in Erfurt, Germany, Friday, Sept.12, 2014. A quarter-century after the Berlin Wall fell, an election this weekend may show whether Germany is ready for its first state governor from the party descended from East Germany’s communist rulers. The opposition Left Party hopes to end the 24-year grip of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on the governor’s office in eastern Thuringia state Sunday. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Bodo Ramelow, top candidate of German party 'Die Linke' (The Left) for the parliament elections in Thuringia state listens to inhabitants during an election campaign in Erfurt, Germany, Friday, Sept.12, 2014. A quarter-century after the Berlin Wall fell, an election this weekend may show whether Germany is ready for its first state governor from the party descended from East Germany’s communist rulers. The opposition Left Party hopes to end the 24-year grip of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on the governor’s office in eastern Thuringia state Sunday. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) Bodo Ramelow, top candidate of German party 'Die Linke' (The Left) for the parliament elections in Thuringia state listens to inhabitants during an election campaign in Erfurt, Germany, Friday, Sept.12, 2014. A quarter-century after the Berlin Wall fell, an election this weekend may show whether Germany is ready for its first state governor from the party descended from East Germany’s communist rulers. The opposition Left Party hopes to end the 24-year grip of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on the governor’s office in eastern Thuringia state Sunday. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

By Associated Press 1 min read

BERLIN (AP) – An exit poll indicates that an upstart anti-euro group has won seats in two more German state legislatures in regional elections.

The ARD television exit poll put support for the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party at 10 percent or more in Sunday’s elections in the eastern states of Thuringia and Brandenburg. It won its first seats in a state legislature two weeks ago.

AfD advocates ending the euro in its current form but also has appealed to protest voters with tough talk on crime and immigration.

Other parties say they won’t govern with AfD.

It wasn’t clear whether a three-party alliance led by the Left Party, which has ex-communist roots, would have enough support to oust Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives from the governor’s office in Thuringia.