
AfD Triples Votes in NRW Elections as Mainstream Parties Scramble to Block It Again
The result underscores mounting voter frustration with Germany’s traditional parties.

The result underscores mounting voter frustration with Germany’s traditional parties.

A significant swing to AfD as voters shun the German Green Party—a sign of things to come?

Across the continent, social democracy is shrinking: in the European Council, Social Democrats now hold only three of 27 seats, already outnumbered by the Right.

The decades-old benefit has helped couples keep one parent at home for children.

Bärbel Bas says she will join Green-led discussions on banning the right-wing party.

The German government will give billions of euros to NGOs that are “against the Right.”

Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf may have been the biggest advocate for banning the AfD, but her likely replacement will not be much better either.

“If journalists like the election result, it’s democracy. If they don’t, it’s populism,” the former Austrian chancellor said in an interview.

Either option—electing judges with a simple majority or eliminating the plenary vote altogether—would open the door for abortion liberalization and experimenting with AfD bans.

Again, politicians are out of touch with their constituents.