In fact, the populist AfD party, despite being classified by the German government as a ‘far right-wing extremist party,’ is more popular than ever, especially with young German voters.
NCCRThe Alternative for Germany (AfD), founded in February 2013, began as a Eurosceptic movement and later expanded to challenge immigration policies. In just a decade, the AfD has gained popularity across all federal states by securing significant votes in regional, national, and European elections among all age groups. Initially dismissed as a protest vote against established parties, more supporters now assert they vote for the AfD out of conviction.
The party’s appeal among young voters during the latest EU elections has forced democratic parties to confront an uncomfortable question: How has right wing populism become so popular?
The Alternative for Germany (AfD), the country’s leading conservative party, achieved a breakthrough in the June 2024 European Parliament elections, securing 15.9% of the votes – roughly one in six ballots. This success shook the German political establishment. Particularly striking were regional elections in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg, where the AfD won 30.6%, 32.8%, and 29.2% of votes, signaling a shift in voter sentiment towards the far-right.
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The establishment wants to stay under friends and the bad right AFD is in the way of the taking out the nation. The AFD wants that we obey our own laws and since merkel tore down our border we are breaking our own laws and because the AFD wants us to obey the laws they are rightwing and nazi. think that one out. The consevativ (that i dont laugh) cdu is laying down with the left and greens then without them mr merz wouldnt be chancellor. They change the laws of the land only so that they can overgo the AFD. is that democracy or a dictatorship or even tyranny. Their special democracy as they say it themselves i dont need and i will never ever accept it.
Yes and i live here in germany. Germany doesnt deserve the lives of others then it will give them away without a fight and the ones it keeps it will take to court then they are nazi and so. Yes bring them home and stop all secret services to germany then it must feel its own politics.
REMIX is a Polish platform so not sure whether the vid is truly of German origin. I hope it is though.
The classification as extremists was probably the last coup of secretary of interior and profound Antifa sympathizer Nancy Faeser as part of the outgoing administration. The interior secret service issuing the according 1100 pages document to back up the unsubstantiated claim directly reports to her. The entire procedure was one profound violation of constitutional rights since the ones targeted had no chance of pleading their case up front. It is a hit piece against the growing opposition to pave the way for their entire ban down the road.
It is the same criminal outgoing administration who changed the constitution in order to allow unlimited deficit spending and put future generations in dept at will. The incoming one however will tighten the screws even further on free speech, free currency transfer and constitutional rights in general. And the more popular the AfD becomes the harder they will clamp down on them since the country is entire deprived from an independent legal system.
I am so tired of the use of the words “Far Right.” The young ladies in this video are only advocating the right to live as their parents did at that age. They are so far to the right that I did not hear the word “jihad or even Muslim.” As one of the young ladies said, she only wanted to be able to walk down the street, ride a train or even feel safe in school. To advocate for simple rights that every human deserves is not far right.
I would call the AfD a party of Hobbes who stated that the primary function of any government is to protect one person from another.
The AfD party needs to see who is financing the destruction of Germany from within. Didn’t Merz tell everyone he was going to stop the illegal migration of Muslims into Germany? And then the day after he was elected he flew in 3000 more. What kind of BS is this? Someone is making bank off of this, or maybe several someones. Time to follow the money all the way to the intelligence agencies.
The establishment wants to stay under friends and the bad right AFD is in the way of the taking out the nation. The AFD wants that we obey our own laws and since merkel tore down our border we are breaking our own laws and because the AFD wants us to obey the laws they are rightwing and nazi. think that one out. The consevativ (that i dont laugh) cdu is laying down with the left and greens then without them mr merz wouldnt be chancellor. They change the laws of the land only so that they can overgo the AFD. is that democracy or a dictatorship or even tyranny. Their special democracy as they say it themselves i dont need and i will never ever accept it.
Time to bring our troops home from nazi germany.
Yes and i live here in germany. Germany doesnt deserve the lives of others then it will give them away without a fight and the ones it keeps it will take to court then they are nazi and so. Yes bring them home and stop all secret services to germany then it must feel its own politics.
REMIX is a Polish platform so not sure whether the vid is truly of German origin. I hope it is though.
The classification as extremists was probably the last coup of secretary of interior and profound Antifa sympathizer Nancy Faeser as part of the outgoing administration. The interior secret service issuing the according 1100 pages document to back up the unsubstantiated claim directly reports to her. The entire procedure was one profound violation of constitutional rights since the ones targeted had no chance of pleading their case up front. It is a hit piece against the growing opposition to pave the way for their entire ban down the road.
It is the same criminal outgoing administration who changed the constitution in order to allow unlimited deficit spending and put future generations in dept at will. The incoming one however will tighten the screws even further on free speech, free currency transfer and constitutional rights in general. And the more popular the AfD becomes the harder they will clamp down on them since the country is entire deprived from an independent legal system.
Ill sighn that and you said all there is to say. Thanks Hartmut, im in bayern were söder rules ha ha.
Smart & beautiful. Stunning girls. Great to see.
I am so tired of the use of the words “Far Right.” The young ladies in this video are only advocating the right to live as their parents did at that age. They are so far to the right that I did not hear the word “jihad or even Muslim.” As one of the young ladies said, she only wanted to be able to walk down the street, ride a train or even feel safe in school. To advocate for simple rights that every human deserves is not far right.
I would call the AfD a party of Hobbes who stated that the primary function of any government is to protect one person from another.
The AfD party needs to see who is financing the destruction of Germany from within. Didn’t Merz tell everyone he was going to stop the illegal migration of Muslims into Germany? And then the day after he was elected he flew in 3000 more. What kind of BS is this? Someone is making bank off of this, or maybe several someones. Time to follow the money all the way to the intelligence agencies.