GERMAN POLITICS FROZE OUT THE FAR RIGHT FOR YEARS - IS THIS ABOUT TO CHANGE?
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26.02.2025


BBC News (25 February 2025)

Paul Kirby & Kristina Volk

 

One in five German voters put an X in the box for Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday: a record result that has made them the second biggest force in German politics.

Riding on the back of that success, the party is now calling for an end to the consensus in German politics not to work with the far right.

That "firewall" - Brandmauer in German - has worked since the end of World War Two, but AfD joint leader Tino Chrupalla says: "Anyone who erects firewalls will get grilled behind them."

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