The 5 most popular posts in 2024
What were the 5 posts in 2024 that people actually read? #1 will surprise you.
Tag: afd
Which German voters oppose military support for Ukraine? Shock, surprise: easterners and AfD/BSW supporters
Germany’s campaign already reveals deep political divisions over Ukraine support.
For AfD voters, Trump is an angel of peace
Here is a little gem from today’s Politbarometer survey. Most Germans (71%) don’t believe that Trump is able to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal (whatever that means), and only 24% think that he could do it. But for nearly two thirds of the far right AfD’s voters, the answer to that question is a hearty…
Three months before the election, just how strong is the far-right Alternative for Germany?
Germany will hold an early election in February 2025. It looks like the AfD could increase their 2021 result by half.
What just happened in the Brandenburg election, and how will it affect German Politics?
Here’s an interview with DW in which I try to make sense of the 2024 state elections in Brandenburg.
I talked to Deborah Cole about the AfD & Germany’s east
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
A final look at AfD support before the 2024 European parliamentary elections
With just two days to go, this is my last look at AfD support in the polls before the 2024 EP elections.
Die Wahl der AfD: viel mehr als nur Protest
Im Vorfeld der ostdeutschen Landtagswahlen war ich im Mai 2024 zu einem Gastvortrag an der Hochschule Magdeburg/Stendal eingeladen, bei dem es um Wahlmotive und Perspektiven der “Alternative für Deutschland” ging. Hier ist meine Präsentation.
The Yale Politic about counter-mobilisation against the AfD
Nicole Chen interviewed various colleagues and me for an article about Germany’s never-again-is-now moment in “Yale’s undergraduate journal of politics and culture”. I rather like the result. https://thepolitic.org/article/never-again-is-right-now-the-rise-of-the-afd-in-germany
Das Handelsblatt über das Zerwürfnis zwischen RN und AfD
Mit dem Handelsblatt habe ich ausführlich über die Hintergründe des öffentlich ausgetragenen Streits zwischen dem Rassemblement National und der AfD (bzw. Krah) gesprochen. Der Artikel ist momentan nicht hinter einer Paywall. https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/europawahl-nach-ss-eklat-afd-spitze-greift-gegen-krah-durch-01/100039144.html