On May the 8th 1945, the Wehrmacht surrendered, bringing the war in Europe and the terror reign of the Nazis to an end.1 40 years later, then-president Richard von Weizsäcker, himself a former officer of the Wehrmacht and a scion of the same Prussian gentry that for centuries has supplied the army with cadets, kicked…
A year ago, Sofia Porcarelli, a student at Occidental College, approached me because she was making a documentary movie about the far right in Germany. That’s way more interesting than a plain old thesis, right? Right. So I was very happy to be interviewed as one of her sources.
Today, I’m even happier to report that Sofia has shared the final product on youtube. Very chuffed, obviously.
Das Handelsblatt hat mit einigen Kollegen und mir darüber gesprochen, was die Pandemie mit dem aktuellen Umfragetief der “Alternative für Deutschland” zu tun hat. [contentcards url="https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/corona-pandemie-warum-die-afd-ein-verlierer-der-coronakrise-ist/25752828.html?ticket=ST-1684346-lboeu7vHuV2IzC6NHeoC-ap3" target="_blank"]
What bibliography? The Eclectic, Erratic Bibliography on the Extreme Right (in (Western) Europe)™ is a collection of references on far right parties & their voters. Most of the titles fall in to the field of Political Science (broadly defined), but some contributions from related disciplines (most notably sociology, psychology, and economy) are included, too. You…
Germany’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution (i.e. the spooks) begins to build dossiers on 3 sitting MPs for the AfD. All of them are prominent members of the most radical faction within the party (in German) In a landmark ruling, Germany’s highest court declares ban on assisted suicide unconstitutional. Judges say right to…
Update #3 March 25: Looks like we are indeed getting an option 1+2 outcome: Höcke & Kalbitz say they cannot shred the membership list b/c there is none, but tell members to refrain from political activity under the “wing” brand. Obviously, they will otherwise remain very active within the party. Update #2 March 21: The…
Never ever have Sinn Fein (and leftist parties more generally) done so well as in the January 2020 Irish general election. Political journalists in the UK grow some spine and boycott a press conference that was open to a select few only. Everyone is rightfully concerned about the trumpification of UK politics. Provincial centre-right politicians…
Das Handelsblatt hat Oskar Niedermayer, Heinrich Oberreuter und mich zur Lage in Thuringen interviewt: [contentcards url="https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/thueringen-politikwissenschaftler-zu-neuwahlen-afd-koennte-profitieren/25520602.html?nlayer=Newsticker_1985586" target="_blank"]
