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How ‘Far Right’ Is Germany’s AfD Party?
The AfD has been notoriously divided, making it difficult to pin down a specific profile for the whole party. But its radical factions can’t be ignored.
Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Source: Bloomberg
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When Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won a regional election last year, global headlines proclaimed the first far-right victory in Germany “since the Nazis.” Now Elon Musk has endorsed the AfD, arguing its depiction “as far right is absolutely wrong.”
With the anti-immigration party set to make huge gains at the upcoming federal election, the question has never been more pertinent: How right-wing is the AfD?