Germany s far-right AfD searching for new momentum ahead of election
The Alternative for Germany is the country s most successful far-right party since the war. But the latest state election results suggest its popularity may have hit a ceiling.
Thuringia s far right extremist leader Björn Höcke has many fans in the party
This should be a good time for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), if only because Germany has to choose an alternative: Chancellor Angela Merkel is no longer a candidate in September s federal election, leaving the country facing the kind of inevitable upheaval that an anti-mainstream party should be able to exploit.
Germany s far-right AfD searching for new momentum ahead of election
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the country s most successful far-right party since the war, but its latest election results suggest it has hit a ceiling.
This should be a good time for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), if only because, with Chancellor Angela Merkel no longer a candidate in September s election, Germany has no choice but to choose an alternative.
The built-in uncertainty of Germany s political future has been exacerbated in recent months by a series of legacy-scarring crises marking Merkel s final year in power and eroded trust in the political establishment.