Germany is on its feet again; the country’s answer to Ukip, Alternative Für Deutschland, made huge gains at the polls, winning a presence in three state assemblies. The shadow of Auschwitz looms over all European politics on the subject of immigration and race, but obviously more so in Germany, and many people are worried.
Their growth in popularity may have something to do with the chancellor’s decision to invite one million and counting people from the wider Middle East, in an gesture historians will probably see as the grandest act of folly of early 21st century history.
Some people are worried that, along with FN, Ukip and Trump, AfD are extremists who represent a threat to the established order. I was at a Brexit debate last night where one of the arguments made by the Remain side was that we needed to work more closely together to stop the likes of the AfD.
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