Extremes come true: Germany’s far-right triumph
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The Economist
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🗓️ 2 September 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The hard right has taken Germany into uncharted territory, winning one state election and racking up a large share in another. The far left is on the march too. Is Germany dividing into East and West again? Motorbike taxis are transforming Africa’s cities (11:10). And how farmers in Spain are delivering truffles to your dinner plate (18:11).
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| 0:37.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm your host Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:48.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 0:59.0 | How many people can you fit on a motor bike? This terrifying question is being tested right now in many And these days many restaurant dinner plates are adorned with an ingredient so powerful and so |
| 1:15.0 | posh that we only get a few shavings. |
| 1:18.1 | The truffle. |
| 1:19.5 | Our correspondent visited a truffle growing part of Spain that wants to produce more of these magic mushrooms. |
| 1:25.0 | But first, |
| 1:26.0 | But first. |
| 1:35.0 | It can be hard to care about |
| 1:42.0 | it can be hard to care about regional elections in another country, but this weekend two states in Eastern Germany yielded shocking results that everyone needs to pay attention to. |
| 1:55.4 | The alternative for Germany party, known as the AFD, is designated an extremist group. But it led the vote in one state and racked up a large share in another. |
| 2:07.0 | People want change, declared Bjernherker, the AFD leader in Torringia, who slammed what he called the cartel party system. |
| 2:19.0 | Voters have said no to the policies of the traditional parties, he said. Another populist party, this time on the left, also did surprisingly well. |
| 2:28.6 | The Saravagunknecht Alliance, or B.S.W, which was formed less than a year ago. These were clearly |
| 2:35.7 | no ordinary state elections. These elections in Saxony and Tarringia threw up |
| 2:41.8 | some very complicated results that politicians will have to chew over for a while. |
| 2:47.3 | Tom Nattle is our chief Germany correspondent. |
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