Was ist Populismus? Welche Rolle spielt er im Wahlkampf, und wer sind die relevanten populistischen Akteure in Deutschland und (der Standort verpflichtet) in Rheinland-Pfalz? Über diese Fragen habe ich mit Tagesschau Online gesprochen. Das Ergebnis kann man hier nachlesen. https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/rheinlandpfalz/swr-wie-populismus-den-wahlkampf-beeinflusst-100.html
What were the 5 posts in 2024 that people actually read? #1 will surprise you.
Germany’s campaign already reveals deep political divisions over Ukraine support.
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…
Germany will hold an early election in February 2025. It looks like the AfD could increase their 2021 result by half.
Here’s an interview with DW in which I try to make sense of the 2024 state elections in Brandenburg.
Ten days or so ahead of the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, I had a chat with Berlin-based British Deutschlandversteher Deborah Cole. Some quotes made it into this excellent explainer piece in the Guardian. Looks like Germany failed the test. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/29/germany-state-elections-populists-afd-bsw
With just two days to go, this is my last look at AfD support in the polls before the 2024 EP elections.
Im Vorfeld der ostdeutschen Landtagswahlen war ich im Mai 2024 zu einem Gastvortrag an der Hochschule Magdeburg/Stendal eingeladen, bei dem es um Wahlmotive und Perspektiven der “Alternative für Deutschland” ging. Hier ist meine Präsentation.
Nicole Chen interviewed various colleagues and me for an article about Germany’s never-again-is-now moment in “Yale’s undergraduate journal of politics and culture”. I rather like the result. https://thepolitic.org/article/never-again-is-right-now-the-rise-of-the-afd-in-germany