A life-size statue of Charlie Kirk was displayed in Times Square one year after the conservative activist was killed. Far-right activist Jake Lang joined supporters at the event, while artist Sergio Furnari said his message was about "peace" and "love."
In Saxony-Anhalt, anti-Western agitators suffered a major setback. The post AfD Just Shattered Liberal Mythology appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs AfD Just Shattered Liberal Mythology In Saxony-Anhalt, anti-Western agitators suffered a major setback. Photo by Peter Gercke/picture alliance via Getty Images Hide your kids, hide your wife. For the first time since the Nazis (cue woman screaming), a far-right party won a German election this week. At least, that’s the mainstream media’s narrative about the stunning results of a state election held Sunday. In the eastern province of Saxony-Anhalt, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won 44 percent of the vote, trouncing the…Open
Embracing positions extolled by the Kremlin, the Alternative for Germany party may govern for the first time in a German state.
A recent election in Saxony-Anhalt shows the hard-right party has become a serious political alternative. The post The AfD’s Victory Accelerates the Demise of Germany’s Fake Conservatives appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The AfD’s Victory Accelerates the Demise of Germany’s Fake Conservatives A recent election in Saxony-Anhalt shows the hard-right party has become a serious political alternative. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images Saxony-Anhalt was once part of the heartland of East Germany. Today it is a German flyover state, with one of the lowest per capita incomes in the Federal Republic. Yet, like our own Mississippi, Saxony-Anhalt has many historical treasures for visitors who explore its small towns and villages. Martin Luther’s church in Wittenberg is in Saxony-Anhalt; the architect Walter Gropius’s Bauhaus…Open
President Trump used a call to restore German greatness Tuesday to celebrate a far-right party that others have denounced as antisemitic. Why it matters: Trump promoting the AfD, or Alternative for Germany, comes as the nation's political mainstream has spent years keeping the party — which intelligence authorities has classified as extremist — out of power. - The AfD won a record 44% in Saxony-Anhalt's elections, putting Germany within reach of its first far-right state government since World War II. Driving the news: "Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night," Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social. - He continued: "They finally got tired of the absolutely horrible Immigration rules and regulations which have…
We take stock of the AfD’s success.
A German far-right political party’s candidate singled out tech billionaire Elon Musk after a state election victory on Sunday. “Thank you, @elonmusk, for your support and for your clear and highly important perspective on the political developments of our time — including here in Germany,” Ulrich Siegmund, of the Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, wrote Sunday on the social platform X. Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/6074993-afd-wins-german-election-elon-musk/ #AFD #Germany #GermanPolitics #AlternativeforGermany #foreignpolicy
OPINION: The far-right AFD Party got a major win in Germany's election on Sunday, leading some to suggest Elon Musk's support for the party played a role in its success. #AFD #Germany #ElonMusk About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media: Website:…
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board has a new piece out about how the AfD is rising on the German right, and what it means for the rise of extremism in Europe. Joe and the panel discuss how immigration and the economy played a role in the rise of the far right in Europe and what Joe argues it says about the state of Europe’s ‘political center.’
Chancellor Friedrich Merz was a drag on his conservative party in its disastrous loss to the far right in a state election. He has vowed better communication, but no policy changes.