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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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4 min

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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

How Exactly Should We Hold The Insurrectionists Accountable?

The CARR Interview Series: Michael Cole, CARR’s Head of Doctoral Fellows

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Guillaume Faye, the “Golden One” and the Metapolitical Legion

Populism Research Unit-Ideology Research Unit- Mini Conference