The adopted amendments pay tribute to European soldiers who sacrificed their lives fighting jihadists, and call for stronger EU action against illegal migration from West Africa.
To justify the undemocratic move, the CDU invoked AfD’s recent “far-right extremist classification,” conveniently forgetting that it has since been suspended.
While establishment parties continue to ostracize the party, only a third of the country supports the cordon sanitaire, with half wanting AfD to be treated as any other democratic party.
