Why has the Right-Wing AfD become so Popular in Germany?

As the traffic light coalition continues to struggle, Germany's right-wing AfD Party have begun climbing in the polls and are now on par with Olaf Scholz's SPD. So in this video, we break down this ongoing rise, what's caused it and whether it can last.

TLDR is all about getting you up to date with the news of today, without bias and without filter. We aim to give you the information you need, quickly and simply so that you can make your own decision.

TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that's not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by just a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can't wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, following, and backing us on Patreon. Thanks!

/////////////////////////////////////

00:00 Introduction
00:50 Who are the AfD?
04:16 AfD’s recent poll surge
06:44 What happens next?
07:34 TLDR’s Race Across Europe

[IGotBoergs]

As a German who knows a lot of young men on the right, one thing I hear a lot is: „I don’t have a problem with immigration or foreigners in my country, I have a problem with foreigners building vibrant parallel societies in our country all the while our own culture, population and value system is dying in front of our eyes and we aren‘t even permitted to complain about it“

[jlccl]

As a German i can tell you that the Main parties are digging their own graves right now

[alessandrof.]

As a German, it's nice to see that there are people who understand why the opposition has grown so big. The current government is making every effort to strengthen the opposition. I find it incomprehensible. and they still wonder

[dr.phil.pepper]

I grew up in the ruhr area and my former home town already has an immigrant proportion of 44%. As soon as I graduated from high school I moved into the eastern part of Germany and I'll definitely vote for the AfD in the next elections, because I don't want my new home city to become the same criminal shithole as my former. If the current unresticted mass migration from the middle east goes on, Germany won't be a western/european country anymore in couple of decades.

[Pyriphlegeton]

For basically all AfD supporters I've personally asked about it, migration seemed to be their primary reason.

[rosarioarundine]

I'm italian and I hear Germany and Japan are planning to expand their armies and that their policies are shifting right. Maybe we should join them and sign with them some sort of pact. I don't know, build some kind of coalition....

[TheMrDavid]

The primary reason is migration. In Germany migrants are getting very high standards in terms of support, housing and medical care. As a consequence for the natives it’s harder to get doctor’s appointments, health insurance is getting more expensive, for childcare, migrants are prioritised since the goal is to integrate their children. The housing and renting market is very difficult since Germany is lacking flats. A minimum wage worker has hardly more money than somebody who doesn’t work since they get support from the state for rent and healthcare (which they get at the same standards). This makes working very unattractive. The main parties such as CDU and SPD are not addressing these problems.

[ravox.]

This guy spitting more facts than the whole German media did in the last years😂💀

[theinvincibleone]

This is something that can be also seen in Poland. Generally, more and more people feel disappointed with the current political landscape which caused Confederation to raise from 6%-8% to 12%-14%.

[privatebandana]

Put yourselves into an energy crisis
Put yourselves into an inflation crisis
Put yourselves into an immigration crisis
Etc etc etc..

German establishment: "Why are we becoming so unpopular? This doesn't make sense"

[rodrigoribeiro]

Afd now!!! Germany only for germanic glamorous and brave people!

[affernbrotgkg]

The AfD that is classified as "right-wing" in germany would be seen as mildly conservative in pretty much every other EU-country.

[jesperrasksuldrup]

In Denmark, we have been open to immigrants since 1967 and what is the result, not many are integrated and their unemployment rate is over 50%, despite employers clamoring for workers. This has led to a shrill right-wing tone in Danish politics.
I guess other western countries experience the same

[andreaswaadt]

I think you summarize German issues way better than our German media do.

[UN]

I honestly don't think the AfDs rise has anything to do with the infighting of the coalition. The AfD gets big because of migration, heatpumps and people gluing themselves on streets.

[ptitepompe]

As a french person it's seem to be similar to here, the center right became too centrist without a real identity so right wing voters switched to the more populistic and nationalist right wing party particularly on the ground of non governement trust and immigration

[Dragon]

I don't fucking get why the German Greens are opposed to Nuclear. It's a different story in australia where we don't have much nucelar infrastructure, so it's more efficient to use Wind, Solar and Hydro, but why decommission perfectly good non-greenhouse-gas-producing electricity generation when you're trying to reduce reliance on Carbon? Yes nuclear waste management is a problem, but not an impossible one to deal with.

[marccuypers]

@1:16 The term was prominently used by Angela Merkel to justify several of her policies. A term, which the "Alternative for Germany" has even included in its name, promoting itself from the start as a stark contrast from Angela Merkel.

[xxdomixx]

I have a migration background and I am a member of the AfD. My parents came from Eastern Europe and built up their life in Germany, all by themselves. Me and my sister went to school and now I am in nursing-education while my sister is in becoming a physiotherapist.
We do NOT want to pay for the illegal bad behaving muslims.
And the AfD does not hate all non-ethnicallly Germans. In my city there are a few Chinese-origin German citizens members of the party and everything is great. They also saw the problem with the muslim immigration.

[emperorclaudius]

Germany is a sovereign nation whose people have a right to chart whatever coarse they see fit regardless if it's right or left.