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What no democracy — American, German, or European — will survive is telling millions of voters that their thoughts and concerns, their aspirations, their pleas for relief are invalid or unworthy of even being considered,
Vance said
Friedrich Merz must brace himself now,
warned Jan van Aken, one the leaders of The Left
We doubled our results in three years and took a major milestone yesterday!"
AfD leader Alice Weidel wrote Monday on social media.jpg)
Does that sound like Hitler to you? Come on!”
Musk wrote of Ms Weidel’s background, as he endorsed the AfD in a December newspaper op-ed calling the party Germany’s “last spark of hope”.
Why this hatred? We work, and we established ourselves. We are not a burden on society, so why this hatred? We love the German people,
Azmouz saidNo party truly represents me,
Mhanna said
We now miss the days when Mrs. Merkel was in charge of the government,
he said, referring to long-time chancellor Angela MerkelI am anxious. Of course, the conservatives won't build a coalition with them but they will have a big name as opposition and I am worried about this,
he addedWe hope that the party that has taken over will have mercy on the people — not just refugees, but all German citizens,
he saidIf there were an AfD party in my country, I would vote for it,
he saidAll the other parties said to give more money to Ukraine and weapons,
said BoraI’m a white person, so it’s fine for me,
she said, suggesting the AfD base was racistI don’t go into the city in the dark alone anymore,
she saidThe biggest challenge of all is going to be forming a stable coalition that also has the strength to cut the AfD down to size,
said political scientist Aiko Wagner of Berlin’s Free University
This is really the last warning to the political parties of the democratic centre in Germany to come to joint solutions,
Merz told a press conference
For a just peace, the attacked country must be part of peace negotiations,
Merz added, in what was interpreted as a sideswipe at the Trump administration after it last week began talks with Russia on ending the war that excluded Ukraine and EuropeWe must work together to see that we solve the problems in Germany” in order to “gradually deprive this party of its breeding ground
he told journalistsEurope stands unwaveringly by Ukraine’s side. Now more than ever, it holds true: We must put Ukraine in a position of strength.”
He posted on social media platform XExcept for the AfD, none of the other major parties responded favorably to Musk's interventions during the campaign, and I do not expect this to change in the immediate future,
Dr. Matthias Dilling, a professor of political science at Trinity College Dublin and a co-convenor of the German Politics Specialist Group, told Newsweek
For now, it seems the firewall will stay in place, so no formal coalitions and cooperation with the AfD, no matter how big their group in the Bundestag will be. At least that's what Merz has claimed,
Hertner said