Other writers are horrified that Germany’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is suddenly concentrating its national firepower on, of all people, the Greens. Are Germany’s Tories copying all those former centrist conservatives of recent years (take a bow, Boris Johnson) and adopting the attack tactics of rightwing populists? That’s the firewall that really matters, and if that goes…
Everyone is terrified of a far-right return in Germany. Here’s why it won’t happen
The deep historical, political and cultural split between east and west acts as a brake on the rise of the AfD nationwide
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