Is this what they want? Germany looks ahead and finds its past - Foundation for European Progressive Studies

Is this what they want? Germany looks ahead and finds its past - Foundation for European Progressive Studies

After the elections, Germans are divided over how to deal with the radical right. Taboos have been broken, lines have been crossed. But there is hope for Progressives and democrats – if they stop trying to beat the radical right at their own game. For eight decades, German politics has been governed by the agreement that one does not cooperate with the radical right. It was not always clear how genuine this cordon sanitaire – or Brandmauer, ‘fir…