Why Germany’s far-right AfD is about to interrupt data | Berlin Briefing Podcast
Elon Musk says there’s only one political party that can save Germany. The Tesla billionaire and key advisor to Donald Trump, sent shockwaves around Europe when he backed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on a post on his X platform. The AfD is on track for its best result ever in Germany’s upcoming elections, tipped to take second place behind the conservatives. What are the drivers of this growth? How would it change Germany and its place in the world? And who are the key people shaping the party’s anti-immigration, Eurosceptic agenda? DW’s Richard Walker, Matthew Moore, and Stefanie Witte of the Tagesspiegel newspaper discuss in this Berlin Briefing recorded on December 13th.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
1:08 Why the AfD is popular
6:14 The AfD “firewall”
7:49 Economic discontent
12:07 Echoes of Trump
15:55 Immigration
20:00 Russian energy
23:44 NATO ambiguity
28:50 The EU: Dexit?
33:42 Alice Weidel
39:08 Nazi taboos
42:12 Electability
45:47 Scenarios
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