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