How the far-right has left German politics reeling | FT #shorts

The FT's Sam Jones explains how good results for the far-right AfD in regional elections shocked German politics and highlighted the rising appeal of populism

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[holger_p]

In american means, it's like a shift in germany from 95% democrats, 5% republicans to 70% democrats 30% republicans.
They main common topic is " close the borders ", same as trumps " build a wall".
Something like gun ownership is not their topic, but this would be considered extreme far right in germany.

[oh_rhythm]

Keep pushing until the term far right stops being used

[milosnestorovic]

It is Known Policy, and currently Irrelevant, may complete now, complete....

[platinumofthesouth]

Let Germany make a pact with Russia on economic and technological fields and transgers of technology. Germany will benefit from the cheap amd mass energy of Russia and Russia will het high end technology on the other hand. This is what the German people want.

[domenico_ginny]

Im not German can some one tell me if this is good or bad and why?

[toxiccan]

Ironic that the AfD is referred to as “radical” when it represents rational and widely accepted traditional values and ideas—that the fruits of labor should belong to those who labored, that countries belong to the people who built them.

[nurventilatoren]

The AfD is quite harmless if we use American standards, I'd say moderate Republican.

[agonyuncle]

I love how the media calls everyone who’s conservative or not aligned with the left as far right. This never happens with the far left parties . 🤔🤔

[stephenwheeler-rm]

AFD just makes sense. Eventually I would like to see actual Germans only living in Deutschland!

[calebamore]

It seems like I never hear anybody just declared "right" without "far" in front of it. Sensationalism

[PlimsollHero]

If people feel stepped on by the political class of course they will swing towards the so called right, what do you expect ?