The recent German election campaign has been fraught with violence and foreign interference, particularly from the US. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), originally formed as a response to eurozone bailouts, has gained considerable momentum and is anticipated to finish second. Its leaders attribute the party's rise to a failure of governance from mainstream parties. The AfD effectively shifted the electoral dialogue towards crime and immigration, despite being under scrutiny for extremism. This change in discourse has prompted leftist parties to adopt similar rhetoric, sidelining pressing issues such as the economy and climate change.
Germany built its postwar identity with the fundamental help of the Americans around preventing parties like the AfD from gaining power.
The AfD has successfully shifted the debate to focus on its central talking points.
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