
Anything But AfD: CDU Opens Debate on Cooperation With Far Left
Senior CDU figures are signalling openness to cooperation with Die Linke in eastern Germany, ignoring the right-wing AfD that keeps surging in the polls.

Senior CDU figures are signalling openness to cooperation with Die Linke in eastern Germany, ignoring the right-wing AfD that keeps surging in the polls.

A recent survey says only 40% of Germans still oppose any parliamentary cooperation with the AfD.
This wave of threats follows a pattern experienced in recent months, with schools nationwide receiving similar threatening emails.
Alice Weidel’s right-wing populist party is miles ahead of the mainstream political forces.

What’s behind the rise of the right-wing/populist AfD? We went to Eastern Germany to find out.

Presently, the AfD is now the strongest political force in East Germany.