Kulturkampf im Heizungskeller – Video mit BR24
Was hat die Wärmepumpe zum politischen Symbol gemacht? Was hat die Heizung mit dem Veggie-Day zu tun? Und nützt das alles am Ende nur der AfD?
Tag: germany
I talked to La Croix about the Reichsbürger movement
And apparently I said this: « Les théories du complot fascinent beaucoup plus de monde que l’on ne croit et participent à un processus classique de radicalisation », constate Kai Arzheimer, professeur de sciences politiques de l’université de Mayence. I couldn’t agree more with myself. And in my humble opinion, it’s quite amazing that a…
Labour Day & the Extreme Right in Germany
Some traditional right-wing extremist groups will march on May Day. It’s an empty, mock-left-authoritarian ritual that does not even mobilise their own constituency.
The AfD, Russia, and the attack on Ukraine
How much influence does Russia have on Germany’s AfD? And how important is the AfD for Russia? Here are some of my findings from a longer report on Russia and the populist right in Europe
I talked to the CBC about the failed Reichsbürger plot
Thanks to the slightly bizarre plot to overthrow the government of Germany, I got an outing on The National, Canada’s main nightly news show. Of course, most of the 20 minutes or so that we talked got edited out, but hey, here (buried in the middle of the clip) are my 15 seconds of Canadian…
Working paper: the east-west divide in support for Alternative for Germany & the Left in 2021
Here is a new working paper about the disproportionate success of the AfD and the Left in Germany’s eastern states
Scholz and the conflict over nuclear energy: I’m speaking Portuguese now
I talked to a journalist from Portugal about the ongoing conflict between the FDP and the Greens over nuclear energy, and Scholz’s attempt to resolve it by referring to his constitutional prerogatives. https://www.publico.pt/2022/10/18/mundo/noticia/scholz-forca-acordo-centrais-nucleares-chanceler-raras-vezes-usado-2024489
Local government data & loving past me for once
Dealing with regionalised German government data is and remains a right pain, but at least past me has not been his usual idiotic self
Germany: the Identitarian Movement remains under surveillance
In 2016, Germany’s “Office for the Protection of the Constitution”, a.k.a. the spooks, put the German branch of the Identitarian Movement under surveillance. They are also listed in the Office’s yearly reports under the heading “right-wing extremist actors”. Germany being Germany, the IB in this country is organised as a registered association, which has taken…
Let them eat cake, 2022 style
One morning at the train station, I saw this spoof campaign poster featuring Christian Lindner as he channels Marie Antoinette