S8 Ep745: Preview for Later Today Judy Dempsey. Judy Dempsey discusses the rise of Germany's populist AfD party, noting a fervent, nationalistic rally in Magdeburg. This growing political movement, attracting both young and old, presents a worrying challenge for up
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 14 April 2026
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Judy Dempsey. Judy Dempsey discusses the rise of Germany's populist AfD party, noting a fervent, nationalistic rally in Magdeburg. This growing political movement, attracting both young and old, presents a worrying challenge for upcoming elections.
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchel, conversing with Judy Dempsey of the Carnegie Endowment. She's in Berlin |
| 0:05.7 | about politics in Germany, the rise of the alternative for Deutschland, AFD, the Populous Party, |
| 0:13.3 | with great strength in what used to be East Germany. And here Judy looks at a video clip of a |
| 0:20.0 | gathering of 4,000 young people and old in Magdeburg |
| 0:24.1 | chanting in a way that we have not imagined politics would turn on so quickly from the state of Germany |
| 0:34.5 | under what you'd have to say, extremely benevolent terms, |
| 0:39.8 | into a populist ferocity, as Judy identifies. |
| 0:43.2 | Veracity. |
| 0:44.8 | Enjoyed for yourself. |
| 0:45.9 | Judy Dempsey on Magdeburg, Ost, Ost, Ost, Deutschland, |
| 0:50.9 | the AFD and the German elections. |
| 0:53.3 | More tonight. |
| 0:54.7 | I saw the clip and it was very, very striking. |
| 1:02.9 | It was intense. |
| 1:04.9 | It was incredibly united. |
| 1:08.5 | And there was a special kind of fervent element to this gathering, nearly 4,000 people in a city called Magdeborg. |
| 1:19.3 | And Magdeburg is the capital of Saxony-Anhalt. |
| 1:22.9 | And it is in Saxony-Anhalt, one of another state which will hold elections later this year. |
| 1:29.8 | Saxony Anhalt is in Eastern Germany and the IFD is doing very, very well there. |
| 1:35.5 | But this was a rally which exuded confidence, which exuded a kind of very special nationalism. |
| 1:44.1 | And lots of young people, not just old people, lots of young people, |
| 1:48.4 | and they were all rallied together and on the podium was the whole IFDA leadership. |
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