
“Stop AfD at Any Cost”: Rule of Law Takes a Back Seat in Germany
Critics note that the elite’s actions “will come back to haunt them.”

Critics note that the elite’s actions “will come back to haunt them.”

While the AfD is hitting 26% in the polls, the Chancellor now retains the confidence of just one in five citizens.

Health Minister Nina Warken called the cannabis legalisation a “mistake,” while Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said it had “completely backfired.”

A recent survey says only 40% of Germans still oppose any parliamentary cooperation with the AfD.

The upcoming elections reveal a familiar pattern of German politics: the cordon sanitaire ends up strengthening the political Left.

Conservatives backed a plan to ease EU supply-chain rules, drawing fierce criticism from the German government.

With the right-wing populist AfD reaching record national support, pressure mounts on Chancellor Merz and his coalition.

With only a simple Bundestag majority required, Union politicians seek tougher citizenship laws targeting extremists and dual citizens.

While the leftist and liberal parties seek to block Germany’s poll-leading right-wing populists—citing threats to democracy—they lack the parliamentary support needed for such a measure.

Millions of AfD supporters are snubbed as the party continues to be excluded from leadership positions in the Bundestag.