Towards a New Political Right in Continental Europe: Germany
This week, as part of their “New Right” lecture series, I was kindly invited to the University of Copenhagen to give a talk on the AfD and Pegida. Here are my slides.
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Mr A goes to Copenhagen
The good folks over at CEMES are running a lecture series on the “New Political Right in Continental Europe“. What’s even better: they have kindly invited me to talk about Germany. Here is the abstract of my presentation: For decades, Germany has been a tough ground for the Radical Right. Support for right-wing parties such…
Guest blogging at EUROPP: The AfD’s second place in Mecklenburg-West & the challenges facing Merkel in 2017
The result of yesterday’s regional election in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (aka Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for the initiated or Meck-Pomm for the impatient) was not a surprise, but still a shock to many. I wrote a short article for the LSE’s EUROPP blog. Angela Merkel’s CDU came third behind the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the German Social Democrats…
Germany’s AfD does a Trump, demands blanket ban on asylum for Muslims
In a press statement this morning, the AfD’s deputy leader Alexander Gauland (who is also head of the party’s chapter and the parliamentary party in the Eastern state of Brandenburg) has demanded a (temporary) ban on Muslims seeking refuge in Germany “until all asylum seekers in Germany have been registered, checked upon, and have their…
Germany: Old-school neo-fascism
The Extreme Right in Germany never fails to amaze. For those who think that the NPD – currently under threat to be banned because of their family resemblance with the original Hitler party – has gone to soft & mainstream, there is a tiny newish party that has a more … traditional … approach to…
Gespräch mit Deutschlandradio über Rechtspopulismus in Deutschland
[contentcards url="http://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/rechtspopulismus-mehr-gelassenheit-im-umgang-mit-der-afd.1008.de.html?dram:article_id=348171"] Mit Katrin Heise von Deutschlandradio Kultur habe ich ein ausführliches über Rechtspopulismus gestern und heute und über den Umgang mit der AfD geführt.
The NPD ban, the AfD, and Germany’s role in the EU: Interview with NPR Worldview
[contentcards url="https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/german-court-considers-case-that-would-ban-neo-nazi-party/42877584-36c8-4fa1-9ad2-f8690628b25e"] On Wednesday, I was live on NPR’s Worldview program talking about the possible ban of the NPD, the rise of the AfD, and the implications for the EU. That sounds like a lot of acronyms, but then again, 15 minutes was more than the 90 seconds of soundbites I had budgeted for :-)…
Will the right-wing extremist NPD be banned? We have no idea, actually
After a subjective decade, the trial that could lead to a ban of the right-wing extremist NPD, Germany’s oldest surviving Extreme Right party, has finally begun this week. That alone is news: Last time around, a blocking minority of the judges was so concerned about the unknown informers within the party’s leadership that the proceedings…
Trial that could lead to NPD ban begins today
Today is the first day of the Constitutional Court trial that could lead to a ban of the right-wing extremist NPD. The DW piece here has the basic facts, and there is some back story scattered all over the blog.
The AfD and refugees: Fire (and forget)
Everyone is excited this morning, because AfD leader Frauke Petry suggested that German police officers should shoot refugees at the border if necessary (what ever that means). With the usual qualifications and rhetorical back doors, the party is happily channeling the vigilante spirit that has grabbed parts of the German public. Disgust and free headlines…