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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…

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In Bed with the Far Right in Thuringia: A Watershed Moment for Muslim CDU supporters?

On 5 February, the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) candidate, Thomas Kemmerich, was officially appointed to the position of Thuringia’s Minister-President, relying on the votes of both the Christian Democratic…

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5 min

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Of ‘Nazi-Pigs’, ‘Jewish sows’ and ‘bourgeois coalitions’ (A German perspective)

Democracy has a core meaning but it needs to be defined from a vantage point, given that is is a contested concept subject to dynamic framing and reframing processes. According…

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6 min

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Radicalising the establishment from within? The CDU and the Werte Union

On Saturday, Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats face a new leadership contest at their annual conference. The growing discontent of the party base with the current leadership opens up new avenues…

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In Controversial Company: Conservatives and Far Right United on German Unity Day

In Bed with the Far Right in Thuringia: A Watershed Moment for Muslim CDU supporters?

Of ‘Nazi-Pigs’, ‘Jewish sows’ and ‘bourgeois coalitions’ (A German perspective)

Radicalising the establishment from within? The CDU and the Werte Union

America Classified As A Declining Democracy By Experts, Again

Why Does the Radical Right Oppose European Integration?

“The Golden One,” a Metapolitical Influencer

Appropriating the King of Pop: The Far Right Co-Opts Michael Jackson