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Right turn at a broken traffic light: Germany’s AfD

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After the collapse of the governing “traffic light” coalition in December, the hard-right AfD has a renewed swagger. How long can other parties keep it from power? We speak with Syrian refugees heading home at last, following the defenestration of Bashar al-Assad (10:30). And remembering David Lynch, a bright-eyed director of unsettlingly dark films and television (19:34).


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The Economist.

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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist.

1:17.3

I'm Rosie Bloor.

1:18.7

And I'm Jason Palmer.

1:23.5

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. Millions of people left Syria during the Assad years.

1:31.4

Now the regime has been toppled what's it like for those who are returning?

1:35.7

Our correspondent meets two refugees who've finally been reunited with their families.

1:42.2

And cinema history may never again know a director so different from his films.

1:48.0

Our obituaries editor explores the life of David Lynch, whose cheery gentle ways belied a mind

1:54.1

constantly thinking about what darkness lies beneath the normal. First up, though.

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