Bunker Global: Unpacking Germany’s shocking right-wing surge – with FT’s Guy Chazan

The Bunker

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🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Germany’s far-right is on the rise. Alternative for Germany outperformed all expectations in this week's state elections, increasing their share of the vote across the country. To understand the AfD’s spike in popularity, Ros Taylor speaks to FT's chief Germany correspondent Guy Chazan. “AfD was considered a regional party. This election changed that perception.” – Guy Chazan “It might already be too late to create a party that is a real rival to the AfD” – Guy Chazan “They oppose almost everything that the current government is doing.” – Guy Chazan Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Robin Leeburn. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.0	Germany is moving to the right and the far right too. In elections in the
1:16.3	states of Hesse on Sunday the far right alternative for Deutschland party came
1:20.6	second and in Bavaria he came third.
1:23.6	That was the AFD is a most phenomenon more
1:26.8	on the one gesam duche,
1:29.8	for expartheidle, the leader of the AFD in the Bundestag, Germanist parliament, saying the
1:37.2	AFD is no longer just an East German phenomenon, but a pan-German People's Party. She said it was undemocratic for other parties to refuse to work with the
1:47.0	AFD as they have so far done. With me to talk about what's happening in Germany is Guy Chazan, the F.T's chief Germany correspondent.
1:55.6	Welcome to the bunker guy.
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