The German Far Right’s Regional Victory Will Have Major National Consequences
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After the great victory of the party "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) in the regional elections in eastern Germany, on Sunday, the party is closer than ever to achieving effective governance. If it succeeds, it intends to launch one of the most ambitious extreme right-wing political experiments in Europe in this century, writes The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Only indignation about the election victory of the far right AfD is cheap and fair. It should finally be talked about the reasons of their popularity. The parties of the center must finally wake up, says Philipp Peymann Engel.
The fact that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which is classified as partly far-right in Germany, came first in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections is significant not only for German domestic politics...
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) may not have secured the qualified majority it was aiming for in regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, but the far-right party took another big step towards power in a country whose post-war democracy was...
The German Far Right’s Regional Victory Will Have Major National Consequences
Shutterstockby Ronald MeinardusWith nearly 44% of the vote, the far-right Alternative for Germany has achieved the best result in its history. While the AfD narrowly missed an absolute majority, its sensational victory has broken one of the Federal Republic’s most important political taboos: parties that reject the liberal democratic order and relativize the crimes of National Socialism must be kept away from power.The terms now dominating the G…
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