Germany: End right calculation | Elections
People and power explore the reasons behind the rise of the far right in Germany.
For the first time after the 1930s, the final right is on the verge of a national election breakthrough in Germany. In February, parliamentary elections appeared, and public opinion polls set up an alternative to the German (AFD) party in second place with about 18-20 percent.
AFD is an anti-immigration, an anti-European Union, often drained and supervised by German intelligence agencies. Can dissatisfaction with the main policy and economic stagnation encourage the German end right party to real government for the first time since World War II? Most sides exclude current division with AFD. More than 100 MPs support the move to ban AFD for “extremism”. But how long will the party be ascended if the increase in popularity throughout the country continues?
People and power She travels around Germany, visiting the Convention on the AFD parties, her hearts in the east and talks to refugee communities that feel more vulnerable to a new wave of antimigrant feelings.