After the State Elections in the East
The Risk of a Frozen German Democracy The election results in the eastern German states of Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg came as a shock to the government in Berlin. Not …
Should the AfD be Worried about the BSW?
The cracks in the Left Party’s foundations finally gave away when Sahra Wagenknecht, the party’s most recognizable and popular member, withdrew her membership in October 2023 amid widespread belief that …
AGI Profiles: Tino Chrupalla
Member of the Bundestag and Co-Chair of the Alternative for Germany Tino Chrupalla is the co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) with Alice Weidel, elected in 2021. Representing the …
AGI Profiles: Jörg Urban
Member of the Saxon State Parliament and Chair of AfD Saxony Born in 1964, Jörg Urban is the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Saxony. A member of …
Is the Firewall Still Standing?
No cooperation with the Alternative for Germany (AfD)—that has been the basic principle of all German parties since the AfD came on the scene after 2013. In fact, less than …
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AfD in Brief
How the Far-Right Exploits Public Anxieties and How Germany Can Recapture the Courage to Shape the Future What is new and what is old about the Alternative for Germany (AfD) …
Orbán’s Enablers
German Conservatives and the EU Council’s Unanimity On December 12, 2022, as the first news of Eva Kaili’s arrest and “Qatargate,” the European Parliament’s first major corruption scandal, broke, Hungarian …
Partisan Divides and Popular Fronts
We are pleased to inaugurate the AGI 40th Anniversary series with the following article, which coincides with the 90th anniversary of the Nazi seizure of power (Machtergreifung) when Hitler was appointed chancellor …
Anti-Feminism in the Rhetoric of Populist Radical Right (PRR) Female MPs in Germany and the United States
Women play an increasingly important role in Populist Radical Right (PRR) parties. This seems paradoxical, as these parties typically reject a political role for women and emphasize regressive core beliefs, …
Chemnitz: A city on the verge of social division and social cohesion
After two years of the pandemic, the AGI group of the Social Divisions and Questions of Identity in Germany and the United States project reunited in Chemnitz for the second …
Benjamin Höhne, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Dr. Benjamin Höhne as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow from April through July 2022. He is Deputy Director of the Institute for Parliamentary Research in Berlin. …
Xenophobia in East Germany
A commonality found between the former communist state and a current AfD stronghold? In recent years, global politics has seen a rise of far-right and far-left ideologies that seek to …
The Christian Democrats and the Alternative for Germany
The Cost of Continued Moderation 171. This is the real effect of the Alternative for Germany. Normally political parties in Germany take only a few days to form a governing …
The AfD in the Run-up to the 2021 German National Election
Down but Not Out In 2017 the Alternative for Germany (AfD) entered the Bundestag, marking the first time in recent history a far-right populist party overcame the Federal Republic’s 5 …
