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HEADLINE: German Far-Right Surges, European Populism on the Rise, and France's Instability GUEST NAME: Judy Dempsey SUMMARY: Judy Dempsey details the Alternative for Germany's (AfD) significant electoral gains in North Rhine-Westphalia, signifying a broa

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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HEADLINE: German Far-Right Surges, European Populism on the Rise, and France's Instability
GUEST NAME: Judy Dempsey
SUMMARY: Judy Dempsey details the Alternative for Germany's (AfD) significant electoral gains in North Rhine-Westphalia, signifying a broader European surge in populism and anti-immigration sentiment, affecting Germany, France, and the UK. She notes discontent among de-industrialized voters, challenges in the German economy, and Elon Musk's unpopularity. Dempsey also describes France's governmental instability and the potential for US migration policies to exacerbate European anti-immigrant feelings.
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0:26.1

I'm John Batchel to Berlin,

0:27.8

to my good colleague, Judy Dempsey,

0:29.9

senior scholar for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,

0:33.8

observing the news from North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous of German states, the vote

0:40.7

for offices in the state in these last days, pointing in a direction that is consistent with the

0:48.1

national rally in France, Nigel Farage's UK reform, with Brotherhood in Italy and other important states,

0:57.1

move towards what is generally in America understood as populism.

1:01.2

I read the headline from North Rhine-Westphalia.

1:04.3

Far-right's western inroads create headache for German coalition, the lead graph.

1:11.6

Germany's far-right alternative for Deutschland made deep inroads in the country's most

1:16.3

popular state in municipal elections Sunday, reaching mayoral runoffs for the first time

1:22.3

in underlining its appeal beyond its eastern heartland.

1:29.6

The conservative Christian Democratic Union,

1:34.9

CDU, remained the strongest party overall, but support for their national coalition partners,

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