Why does Sahra Wagenknecht see me as a potential donor for her new party?
Why is Sahra Wagenknecht’s new party targeting me as a potential donor? I have no idea, and the algo doesn’t really say.
The 5 most popular posts in 2024
What were the 5 posts in 2024 that people actually read? #1 will surprise you.
Which German voters oppose military support for Ukraine? Shock, surprise: easterners and AfD/BSW supporters
Germany’s campaign already reveals deep political divisions over Ukraine support.
What we are reading: Nostalgia in the Netherlands and radical right voting
How important is nostalgia for the far right in the Netherlands? We read Versteegen (2024) to find out. Here is what we learned
Quoted in the observer
Deborah Cole (together with Jon Henley) has a good (i.e., mildly depressing) piece in this Sunday’s Observer on why the respective stalemates in Berlin and Paris are a slow-moving disaster for Europe. While she was working on it, we had a lengthy chat about the German end of the situation, and I’m very happy that…
What we are reading: EU issue voting in European Union member states
Is “Europe” still an issue that can (positively) motivate voters? 3 authors say ‘yes’, but we are not fully convinced.
Radical right voting as class-voting, 2024 edition
Studying the far-right vote in Europe, again This winter, I’m teaching a new iteration of my MA reading class on far-right voting in Europe. I have been doing this for a long time, and every now and then I feel the urge to summarise decades of research by stating the obvious: some people are simply…
Three Bluesky links I liked
Everyone & their gran are leaving Twitter for Bluesky. Here are some links to help you get started.
For AfD voters, Trump is an angel of peace
Here is a little gem from today’s Politbarometer survey. Most Germans (71%) don’t believe that Trump is able to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal (whatever that means), and only 24% think that he could do it. But for nearly two thirds of the far right AfD’s voters, the answer to that question is a hearty…
Three months before the election, just how strong is the far-right Alternative for Germany?
Germany will hold an early election in February 2025. It looks like the AfD could increase their 2021 result by half.