There was a party in Germany that everyone else considered an outcast. Its positions were marginal and, for many, anti-democratic, tainted by the totalitarian ideologies of the 20th century. The story is German, but it happens in other European countries as well.
Now this party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), is leading in many of the polls. It has just received the endorsement of the United States, the country that taught West Germans what democracy was after the defeat of Hitler. It believes it can count on President Donald Trump to break the cordon sanitaire that isolates it in the U.S. and fight the constitutional bodies that could lead to its ban.
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The German far right is a unique case. It enjoyed the support of Trump-aligned magnate Elon Musk and Vice President J.D. Vance in the campaign for the general election last February and became the second-largest group in parliament. It is a more radical party than the National Rally, to the point that German intelligence services have labeled the AfD an “extremist” party with principles contrary to the democratic order.
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https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-19/afd-strengthens-ties-with-washington-as-a-key-pawn-for-trump-in-europe.html
#AfD #USA #germany #extremeright
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