Die ARD hat eine spannende Dokumentation zur Radikalisierung der AfD produziert. Ich durfte ein paar Sätze beitragen und zitiere dabei auch Ergebnisse aus unserem Artikel zur Entwicklung der AfD-Wählerschaft. [afdmovie]
Update June 24, 2021 German prosecutors have asked the European Parliament to lift Meuthen’s immunity. In other words, the co-leader of the self-styled law-and-order party has become the object of a criminal investigation. Update April 19, 2019 The prosecutor for Berlin is investigating the AfD’s treasurer over support the party received from the association-for-whatnot (see…
Our recent article has been cited a lot (by local standards), and the ungated pre-print is still available.
Looks like I’ve finally learned Portuguese
Oh joy, oh fun: looks like the AfD is going to kick off the national campaign with another leadership battle. Will probably come to naught, but might be entertaining nonetheless
Anna Sauerbrey has a long piece in the NYT, in which she looks at the AfD’s lacklustre attempts to benefit from anti-lockdown protests. Includes some choice quotes from yours truly. [contentcards url="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/opinion/germany-afd-covid.html" target="_blank"]
What just happened Yesterday, it was leaked that Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (the domestic intelligence agency) “suspects” the AfD might be a right-wing extremist organisation that aims to undermine democracy in Germany . Forming this suspicion is an internal process (the agency is under a gagging order and has not commented on…
Das Handelsblatt hat mit dem Kollegen Niedermayer und mir über die Koalitionskrise in Sachsen-Anhalt, den Kurs der Landes-CDU gegenüber der AfD und den fehlenden Einfluss der Bundes-CDU auf die Situation gesprochen. Streit um Rundfunkbeitrag: Regierungskrise in Magdeburg: Ministerpräsident Haseloff entlässt Innenminister StahlknechtIn Sachsen-Anhalt hat der Streit in der Koalition aus CDU, SPD und Grünen zu…
When Lucke and his supporters left the AfD in 2015, they founded a new party called ALFA. Because another group with a similar name already existed, they had to change it to LKR, which stands for liberal-conservative reformers. This label neatly encapsulates Lucke’s vision for the AfD. It’s a brand that helped him to establish his…
“Zur Sache Rheinland-Pfalz” berichtet über den Richtungsstreit im AfD-Landesverband und die Corona-Demonstrationen. Mit ein paar Einschätzungen von mir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijo5Pqg9VaE