
Cordon Sanitaire in Action: AfD Denied VP Post in the Bundestag
Erecting a firewall against a right-wing populist party is practiced not only in Germany but across Western Europe by the usual centre-right establishment suspects.
Erecting a firewall against a right-wing populist party is practiced not only in Germany but across Western Europe by the usual centre-right establishment suspects.
The idea of getting rid of the ruling elites’ most significant political opponent has been discussed for many years, and now the Greens put it back on the agenda.
When there is a choice between a Stasi-informant Communist and an AfD politician, the German establishment chooses the former.
The right-wing party is taking legal action to stop the outgoing Bundestag from approving a massive new debt plan before the newly elected parliament convenes.
“Absurd:” CDU and SPD aim to have debt-funded military and infrastructure spending approved before the new Bundestag forms.
Mainstream parties in Germany continue to ignore the will of millions of voters by upholding the anti-AfD firewall.
With its new delegation of 152 deputies, Alice Weidel’s party has no intention of letting itself be intimidated.
The Left focused on the right-wing AfD instead of the need to tackle immigration in light of brutal migrant crimes.
The German centre-right and right-wing parties said that introducing tough asylum laws takes priority over the hysterics of the Left.
The controversial debate could backfire, strengthening the party ahead of next month’s elections.