Despite the offensive waged by the other parties, the churches, employers, civil society and the German secret services, the AfD continues to resist, rising in prominence to the point of raising concerns about the potential collapse of the Brandmauer ("firewall") between democratic parties. [...] INTRODUCTION The fragmentation of the political system Germany is facing a political crisis due to the weakening of the Traffic Light coalition (Ampel-Koalition), which includes the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Greens. [...] In the Bundestag and regional elections in Hesse on September 22, 2013, the AfD failed to pass the 5% threshold (4.7% in the Bundestag, 4.1% in Hesse), but in May 2014 it made a decisive political breakthrough in the European elections (7.1% of the vote and 7 elected representatives). [...] The criticism of the "old parties" present in the Bundestag, the call to save social protection systems threatened by the arrival of "foreigners", the criticism of Islam, presented as a political religion antithetical to democratic constitutional principles, and the denunciation of uncontrolled immigration, reinforced the impression of a shift towards nativism. [...] 17 AfD: the german far-right at a dead end In its reports on the AfD, the Ministry of the Interior refers to a radicalization of the party, which can be read in the texts, but which is also measurable in the polls.
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Table of Contents
- AfD THE GERMAN FAR-RIGHT AT A DEAD END 1
- INTRODUCTION 8
- I. EMERGENCE AND STRENGTHENING OF THE AfD 8
- 1. Foundation and sociological development of the AfD electorate 8
- 2. AfD organization financing and communication 8
- II. GERMANS EUROPE AND THE AfD 8
- 1. German opinion and the European Union 2. Perceptions of democracy and European institutions 3. Germans perception of Russia 8
- 4. The AfDs European program 8
- III. AfD CHALLENGES AND OUTLOOK 8
- CONCLUSION 8
- The fragmentation of the political system 11
- 1. Foundation and sociological development of the AfD electorate 12
- 2. AfD organization financing and communication 28
- 1. German opinion and the European Union 31
- 2. Perceptions of democracy and European institutions 33
- 3. Germans perception of Russia since the war in Ukraine 36
- 4. The AfDs European program 38
- 1. Unfinished German reunification a springboard for the AfD 40
- 2. How Economic Difficulties Influence Support for the AfD 41
- 3. Internal radicalization opposition and risks of banning 45
- 4. Religious and trade union institutions confront the AfD 46
- 5. AfD and Moscow controversial links under fire 48
- 6. AfD marginalized by the far-right in European Parliament 52
- 7. Elections in Saxony Thuringia and Brandenburg 54
