A few days before the state elections in Saxony, Left Party politician Gregor Gysi sees a loss of trust in the established parties and warns of dangers to democracy. "We must fight to preserve democracy and freedom," said the former parliamentary group leader at a Left Party election campaign event in Zwickau. Right-wing forces such as the AfD are dangerous. Many people had "lost all trust in the established parties", said Gysi. He was optimistic about the Left Party remaining in the Saxon state parliament.
Many voters were now "just expressing their rejection of established politics", for example by not going to the polls, voting invalidly or supporting right-wing parties with their vote, said Gysi. In response, however, the party leaders would only "think about what the AfD is doing and try to get something out of it instead of thinking about what they are doing wrong that is leading to so many AfD votes", criticized Gysi.
