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Leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks with Chairman of the Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Lars Klingbeil during the constituent session of Germany's new Bundestag (lower house of parliament) on March 25, 2025 in Berlin.

How Far Will Germany Go To Keep the Firewall Against Populists?

Sabine Beppler-Spahl March 27, 2025

The establishment seems to have reached a point where maintaining the facade of democratic responsiveness is no longer even deemed necessary.

Cordon Sanitaire in Action: AfD Denied VP Post in the Bundestag

Javier Villamor March 26, 2025

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 inscription ‘To the German People’ on the tympanum of the colonnade of the historic building of the Bundestag in Berlin

Bundestag Circumvents Own Rules To Deny AfD Deputy Speaker Position

Zoltán Kottász March 3, 2025

Mainstream parties in Germany continue to ignore the will of millions of voters by upholding the anti-AfD firewall.

‘You’re Not Too Conservative, Right?’—Election Weekend in Berlin

Zsófia Tóth-Bíró February 27, 2025

Spending three days in the German capital was enough to see how the past decade of demonizing the Right destroyed normal dialogue in the country.

Message to Germany: “The Left Will Always Have Leverage Over CDU”

Zoltán Kottász February 22, 2025

Whoever the projected winner Friedrich Merz forms a coalition with, Germans will lose.

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EU Socialists’ Leaked Strategy: Tight Leash on EPP and Further Exclusion of the Right

Tamás Orbán February 20, 2025

The plan to preserve the firewall involves “driving a wedge” between EPP and conservatives and making sure the center-right knows “there will be consequences to looking both ways.”

Sandro Gozi (Renwe, FR) gestures during the EP competitiveness debate on February 12, 2025.

EU Left Panics About the Crumbling Firewall Against the Right

Tamás Orbán February 13, 2025

A bogus yet hectic ‘competitiveness’ debate in the EP aimed to further the exclusion of conservatives and ensure that the EPP’s loyalty remains with the Left and not with its voters.

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on stage as she takes part in a talk hosted by German newspaper Die Zeit at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus theatre in Hamburg on February 5, 2025.

Merkel Refuses To Take Blame For Mass Migration

Zoltán Kottász February 6, 2025

Almost two-thirds of Germans reject the former chancellor’s policies, and want migrants turned back at the border.

Hungarian PM Opens for Dialogue With German AfD

Zoltán Kottász February 3, 2025

PM Viktor Orbán: “Berlin has always been a city of walls. It’s time to tear another one down!”

German Left Mobilizes Against Possible CDU-AfD Alliance

Javier Villamor February 3, 2025

The Left proclaims itself a defender of democracy but only tolerates views that suit its agenda.

Tag: firewall

How Far Will Germany Go To Keep the Firewall Against Populists?

Cordon Sanitaire in Action: AfD Denied VP Post in the Bundestag

Bundestag Circumvents Own Rules To Deny AfD Deputy Speaker Position

‘You’re Not Too Conservative, Right?’—Election Weekend in Berlin

Message to Germany: “The Left Will Always Have Leverage Over CDU”

EU Socialists’ Leaked Strategy: Tight Leash on EPP and Further Exclusion of the Right

EU Left Panics About the Crumbling Firewall Against the Right

Merkel Refuses To Take Blame For Mass Migration

Hungarian PM Opens for Dialogue With German AfD

German Left Mobilizes Against Possible CDU-AfD Alliance

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