Why is the far-right on the rise in Germany?
This Is Why
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🗓️ 20 February 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
It will not, though, be part of any coalition government as the other parties will refuse to work with a far-right party.
In today's Sky News Daily, host Tom Cheshire discusses who is voting for the AfD and why, with our Europe correspondent Adam Parsons and Jakob Guhl from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in Germany.
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Wendy Parker
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| 1:00.0 | Hello, I'm Tom Cheshire, standing in for Neil Patterson on today's Sky News Daily. |
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| 1:10.9 | Germans will be choosing their new government this weekend, and many of them, around one in five, as it stands right now, |
| 1:16.8 | will be choosing the far right alternative for Germany party. We'll be discussing why and what it means for Germany and for Europe after this. |
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