Summary
Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right party founded in 2013, is poised for its strongest national election result yet in Germany.
Initially focused on eurozone bailouts, AfD shifted its focus to migration, gaining significant support and entering parliament in 2017.
The party, now advocating for large-scale deportations and opposing support for Ukraine, has become a significant political force, particularly in eastern Germany, and is under observation for suspected right-wing extremism.
I didn’t remember that many victims at the Christmas one. I grant you that. But to go right to the Nazi party cause of some irrational fears and worries, is not understandable.
There’s been a new sad development. Two of the people in the München car attack died, a mother and a child. And now just hours ago there’s been a knife attack by a Syrian asylum seeker where at least one person has died.
People aren’t entirely rational when they’re afraid. Hell, people are not entirely rational on best of days. And I don’t think they feel like other parties have done enough. A lot of people do, it’s still a minority that are looking for AfD but if these things keep happening and other parties don’t react strongly enough, we know what becomes of that.