What is happening
Tajani said the result was largely expected and linked the AfD’s support in eastern Germany to the region’s economic difficulties and lingering discontent over reunification. He called the outcome opposed to the liberal and Western values supported by Forza Italia, and proposed changes in EU policies, including less bureaucracy and fewer ideological pressures in the ecological transition.
Why is it on the Radar?
Tajani said the result should encourage popular and liberal forces to respond and called for a change in EU policies, while expressing hope that the outcome would remain a local exception.