Analyst looks at the allure of the AfD ahead of the German national election

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(13 Feb 2025)
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ARCHIVE: Riesa, Germany – 11 January 2025
1. Alternative for Germany (AfD) party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel on stage
2. AfD delegate holding sign reading (German) “Chancellor of the hearts”
3. Weidel waving German flag
4. Wide of Weidel speaking on stage

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Berlin, Germany – 30 January 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (German) Wolfgang Schroeder, political scientist:
“And this party has gained more and more support over time, interestingly to the same extent that it has become radicalised. And the main driving force behind this success is, on the one hand, its anti-migration policy, which is very popular in Germany, even in the centre of the political spectrum. Then there is their fight against the ecological transformation and their positioning in the Russia war.”

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ARCHIVE: Berlin, Germany – 29 January 2025
6. Wide of Weidel speaking in parliament
7. Weidel speaking
8. German CDU party leader Friedrich Merz listening
9. SOUNDBITE (German) Alice Weidel, AfD party co-leader:
“Ending illegal migration and lawlessness, deporting criminals and those who have entered the country illegally, restoring security in public spaces. Quite simply, enforcing law and order.”

10. AfD MPs applauding

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Berlin, Germany – 30 January 2025
11. SOUNDBITE (German) Wolfgang Schroeder, political scientist:
‘’She plays a very important role (for the party). This is somewhat in line with the far-right positioning of the other parties in Europe. Think of (Giorgia) Meloni, think of (Marine) Le Pen.”

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12. MId of (at the time) French National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen being applauded

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13. Mid of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaking at electoral rally

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ARCHIVE: Berlin, Germany – 7 December 2024
14. Close of Weidel speaking

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Berlin, Germany – 30 January 2025
15. SOUNDBITE (German) Wolfgang Schroeder, political scientist:
“That actually means that male-led parties put women at the top and are therefore also in a position to trivialise and render absurd this imputation of the enemy, that these are Hitlerist, National Socialist, fascist parties and can say, ’Look, we have a party here that has a woman at the top. This woman is in a lesbian relationship, lives in Switzerland, is cosmopolitan, so she is exactly the opposite of what you are accusing us of.’”

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ARCHIVE: Berlin, Germany – 31 January 2025
16. AfD leaders Chrupalla and Weidel in parliament
17. Various of AfD lawmakers

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Berlin, Germany – 30 January 2025
18. SOUNDBITE (German) Wolfgang Schroeder, political scientist:
“You could also say that the AfD is something like an aircraft carrier of resentment and anger. And in this sense it is the mouthpiece of anger and resentment. And what it says cannot simply be ignored and dismissed as election campaign bluster but is also what you can imagine would happen if this party were in power.”

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ARCHIVE: Berlin, Germany – 25 January 2025
19. Sign reading (English) “No AfD”
20. Wide of demo against the far-right
21. Sign reading (German) “Never again”

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Berlin, Germany – 30 January 2025
22. SOUNDBITE (German) Wolfgang Schroeder, political scientist:

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ARCHIVE: Washington, DC – 20 January 2025
23. Elon Musk on stage

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Berlin – 24 January 2025

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