Why AfD Appeals to So Many Germans
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Years in a row, the extreme European right seemed to have a choice between two variants: to moderate to reach power or to remain on the periphery of the political scene. The categorical victory of the Alternative Party for Germany (AfD) in Saxony-Anhalt suggests, however, the existence of a third path: radicalisation can bring votes.
The Washington Post · Lior Soroka Tel-Aviv, Israel. Some Israeli politicians have expressed concern about the disproportionate growth of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which won an unprecedented landslide in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany. Others, however, have maintained a conspicuous silence, a clear reflection of the complexity of the relationship between the Israeli government and the E…
The far-right triumph in Saxony-Anhalt didn't really surprise me. That has everything to do with our son Sander getting his driver's license. A few years after the fall of the Wall in 1989, he took his driving test. Quite soon after that, we went on a reporting trip together along the remnants of the former Iron Curtain. Now that I write this down, I realize: there are already entire generations that don't even know what the Iron Curtain was any…
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