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The AfD's opponents, who often
brand the party as "far right" or "extremist," claim that
the party's alleged ties to neo-Nazi groups pose an existential threat to
Germany's constitutional order. The AfD's supporters counter that Germany's
politically correct establishment, afraid of losing its power and influence, is
attempting to outlaw a legitimate party that has pledged to put the interests
of German citizens first.
"Migration is the mother
of all problems." — German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer.
"Extremism cannot be
combated with exclusion, but with looking at the facts. Those who want to reach
concerned citizens must themselves get out of the ideological trenches." —
Oswald Metzger in Tichys Einblick, a prominent German blog.
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| Pictured: A march of silence, organized by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, in memory of victims of violent crimes perpetrated by migrants, on September 1, 2018 in Chemnitz, Germany. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images) |
The murder of a German citizen
by two failed asylum seekers in Chemnitz, and the attempted cover-up by German
police, has contributed to a surge in support for the anti-immigration party
Alternative for Germany (AfD), which, according to a new poll, has overtaken
the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to become the second-strongest political
force in Germany.
Support for the AfD has
increased to 17%, while backing for the SPD has fallen to 16%. Chancellor
Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU)
alliance is at 28.5%, according to an Insa Institute poll published by the
newspaper Bild on September 3.
The rise of the AfD — which
has been fueled by widespread anger over Merkel's decision to allow into the
country more than a million mostly Muslim migrants from Africa, Asia and the
Middle East, and the subsequent increase in violent crime — reflects an ongoing
realignment in German politics, in which voters increasingly are rejecting the
multicultural orthodoxy of the mainstream parties.
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