Nicolas Spohn, German Expert and AfD Boom: “It’s Not that People Are More Right-Wing. They’re Just More Frustrated”
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The East German political expert discussed with La Tercera the reasons for the victory of the far-right party in the recent elections in Saxony-Anhalt. "Over Europe, and now also in Germany, we have an emerging right-wing populism in the political system," he warns.
The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) has broken the 30 percent threshold at the federal level, giving it an unprecedented lead over the Christian Democrats, who have fallen back to second place. A national survey released by the GMS market research institute on Monday afternoon made it clear that the party's recent success in Saxony-Anhalt was not an isolated state success, but the beginning of a comprehensive, nationwide political reali…
The German Catholic Church takes Alternative für Deutschland from the chest, after the resounding victory in Sassiona-Anhalt, and promises that it will oppose its ethnic nationalism. "As many present in this room " said in Berlin the president of the German Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Heiner Wilmer "I too at first remained speechless in the face of this election result. But I am determined to continue my work.
The success of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt is not only a protest vote, but a sign of a political and social vacuum. To counter the extreme right, the left must return to organize needs and needs, rebuilding links, places and a collective vision of the future
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