The German hard right win their first election since the Nazis.
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🗓️ 2 September 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Germany's hard right party the ADF have made astonishing gains in two regions of the country - the first time the hard right has seen substantial electoral gains since the Nazi era. What is propelling the rise? And what do the governing coalition parties do to combat them.
Later, we sit down with Nadhim Zahawi - former chancellor, and former child refugee to talk about his party's rhetoric on immigration. And why he owed the treasury 5 million pounds of unpaid tax.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:17.4 | These are protesters in Germany shouting everyone against fascism. |
| 0:22.7 | But it turns out that perhaps not everyone in Germany is against fascism. |
| 0:28.2 | After electoral successes for the AFD, the alternative for Germany party, |
| 0:33.3 | an unapologetically nationalist party which has won 32% of the vote in two key regions in Germany. |
| 0:42.9 | Liberal Germany is in a state of despair after these election results, |
| 0:47.2 | which will come only a year away from national German elections. |
| 0:51.8 | It is the first time since Nazi Germany that a far right party |
| 0:56.3 | has won a German election. What does it mean for Germany? Perhaps more importantly, what does it |
| 1:02.2 | mean for Europe? Welcome to the newsagents. The news agents. It's Emily It's Lewis |
| 1:11.0 | And I have already had to reset my password |
| 1:13.9 | Because forgotten |
| 1:14.7 | Had to re-find my pass |
| 1:17.5 | Cause lost |
| 1:18.5 | Redirected myself to the loo |
| 1:21.0 | Because forgot where everything is |
| 1:22.8 | So |
| 1:23.4 | And you've been giving me holiday advice this morning |
| 1:25.5 | Which includes going to Transistria |
| 1:27.0 | The disputed region Particularly disputed between Russia, of course, yeah, which doesn't, I'm not sure my wife will be thrilled about it, but that's, that's okay. Not that you've been on holiday's Transistria, we should say. |
| 1:37.1 | I have been to Transnistria, but not this time. |
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