[caption id="" align="alignright" width="180"] Photo by *_* [/caption] My favourite if vaguely remembered piece of medieval history is the bit when assorted popes, antipopes, and anti-antipopes busily excommunicated each other. The AfD has reached that stage. A few days ago, Lucke forced a motion of the national executive that aims at unseating Höcke as party…
I would not normally recommend acting on any of my predictions, because I have an amazing track-record of being wrong a long time in advance. But once in a blue moon, I get it right. In my WEP article on the AfD’s EP 2014 manifesto, I have pointed out that there was a rift between…
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Interview with Handelsblatt Global on right-wing activism and right-terrorism in Germany: A Clear and Present Danger. Update 2023: this is unfortunately gone with the rest of Handelsblatt Global. Photo by editor64
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Photo by ubiquit23 [/caption] If you are following the latest attempt to have Germany’s right-wing extremist NPD declared unconstitutional, you might be disappointed by the lack of news. Today, the federal states that push for such a ban have submitted four folders with additional evidence requested by the Federal Constitutional Court…
Welcome back dear friends / to the show that never ends: In the latest instalment of the great AfD soap, national leader Lucke is trying to remove Höcke as leader in Thuringia over Höcke’s friendly words towards the NPD. Contrary to some reports, Lucke is not (yet) trying to kick Höcke out of the party…
Im großen Stil wurden Firmen, Bürger und sogar Behörden ausgespäht – und keinen interessiert es wirklich. Hintergrundgespräch mit der Augsburger Allgemeinen über das relative Desinteresse der Öffentlichkeit an den Geheimdienstskandalen. Photo by ubiquit23
Update : Lucke now thinks that a break-up may be inevitable. Sunday evening, time for my weekly post on the state of the AfD. So, without further ado, a look at this week’s carnage. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="500"] Photo by JamesReaFotos [/caption] NPD The right-wing extremist NPD claims that they are “networking” with AfD functionaries…
A year after their EP election triumph and a week before the Bremen state election, the Germany’s AfD party seems set to continue on its path to self-destruction. On second thought, I may be exaggerating, but only a bit.
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