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#GermanElection 2025 Live: #FarRight #AfD second in polls as voters set to shift rightwards
#Germany #geopolitics #extremism
https://www.reuters.com/world/germany/german-election-2025-updates-2025-02-23/
The #FarRight #AfD will not win this federal #election, according to opinion polls, but it is set for its best-ever result at around 20-21% of the vote. That amounts to 1 in every 5 voters, putting the party in second place behind the #conservatives.
The far-right still has pariah status among other major political parties due to #Germany's #Nazi past, & in a policy dubbed the "firewall" parties have a consensus not to enter into any coalition govt with parties such as the AfD.
However, #US VP #JDVance at the #MunichSecurityConference earlier this month said there is no room for firewalls in a *#democracy*.
Last month conservative leader Friedrich #Merz break a post-war taboo by relying on #AfD votes to push through a non-binding motion on tightening #immigration. Some critics say this broke the 'firewall', others say the firewall only applies to forming governments.
@Nonilex result is clearly not enough for CDU to consider it. Considering nothing much have changed since autumn, I will make a guess this is max rich men can get for their money.
@Nonilex Well, JD Vance can go lecture Kim Jong Un about democracy. 