Alternative for Germany Is Failing to Keep Up
If not for the familiar awkwardness of social distancing rules, the scene at the digital party conference of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) would have been fit for a daytime…
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A Buzzfeed-like Site For The Radical Right In Germany Poses New Challenges
Saturated colors, an abundance of stock images, big fonts, and sensationalist language: What sounds like a mix of a tabloid newspaper and a contemporary influencer’s Instagram profile is indeed the…
Beware! Populism in Conjunction with Conspiracy Theories Might be Bad for Your Health (Part 1)
Dresden is one of Germany’s great cities, known worldwide for its meticulously rebuilt historic center, destroyed in one night at the end of World War II. Pre-Christmas shoppers have probably…
In Controversial Company: Conservatives and Far Right United on German Unity Day
Despite the attempts to draw a clear line between conservatism and the far right, the eastern German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) celebrated the highly symbolic 30th anniversary of German Unity…
Disunity within the Ranks? Party Expulsions in the European Radical Right: 2000–2020
Drawing on an original database of party expulsions of radical right parties in Europe across twenty countries from 2000-2020, Felix Wiebrecht, James F. Downes, Edward Chan and Anna Kam devise…
The German AfD Makes Appeals To Russian-Germans
“We open the borders for migrants, but the doors to Germany are closed for ethnic Germans in crisis regions.” This critical statement on Germany’s recent immigration policy came from Waldemar Herdt, an…
Can anything be done against radical right misinformation?
Can there be a better solution than spreading awareness and counter-narratives? In her recent article on openDemocracy, Miranda Christou argues that the radical right does three things: spreads (dangerously) false information,…
An “ambivalent day”: How the AfD attempts to re-frame the 8th May as day to commemorate German Victimhood
Suggestions to make the 8th May a national German holiday on occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of Second World War have given the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)…
Will be the world more tolerant after the Covid-19 Pandemic?
Introduction In April 2020, the German radical right party ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) lost more than 4% in the opinion polls compared to January. Its popularity this month was at…
“Long live freedom!”: How the AfD presents itself as Defender of the German Basic Law
In the campaign “Gemeinsam für das Grundgesetz” (Together for the Basic Law), the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) presents its far-right political positions as liberal-conservative to defy accusations of anti-constitutionality. During…