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Divide and conquer: Defeating the AfD needs a fresh strategy

If Germany wants to dodge a powerful, far-right government, it might need to let the AfD dig its own grave.

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Divide and conquer: Defeating the AfD needs a fresh strategy

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Friedrich Merz always wanted to be chancellor but he’s too tactless to turn Germany around

One year into the chancellorship of Friedrich Merz and the German military is once again on the rise. Yet impolitic leadership, including a spat with Trump, means that Germany’s fortunes are unlikely to change.

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Friedrich Merz always wanted to be chancellor but he’s too tactless to turn Germany around

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Alexis Self

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At the Munich Security Conference, amid polite applause and private panic, the western alliance eats itself

6 min read

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Canadian Greens elect a black party leader, populism in Portugal and the race to succeed Angela Merkel.

Issue #139
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Divide and conquer: Defeating the AfD needs a fresh strategy

Friedrich Merz always wanted to be chancellor but he’s too tactless to turn Germany around

At the Munich Security Conference, amid polite applause and private panic, the western alliance eats itself

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