The remote view for election-broken election as falters in Germany

A strong political political political crashes in Germany. That is for the hard nationalist alternative for Germany (AFD) party believing.

It is treated with “radical”, “rasist” and “anti-democratic” of opponents. Germany’s domestic intelligence service says the party “anti-constitutional”.

But if the polls are correct, the AFD can be the second largest German political force after election this Sunday.

That’s a big transfer to the tectonic plate, not only at home but across Europe.

Why is the AFD as big deal, can you ask? Populist parties on the right grow in support of most Europeans.

AFD points in Donald Trump again. They share his “anti-woke”, strong-in-migration, Pro-Fossil-fuel message. They also want to stop sending weapons in Ukraine, and to explore Russian tensions.

The Trump administration supports them – publicly, in the host of many Germans.

The matter is, Germany is no longer any country.

It is European’s largest economy, one of its most influential countries. It still brings the weight of the Nazi past. In accord with UK and France, it is a large three that helps the formation and revision of liberal and European defense structures that follow the world’s war and the cold war.

No previous post-war Germany has a hard-term party successful, while in CUSP recognized as a threat to the Federal Republic and the liberal constitution.

The influential leader of the French opposition, whose party was also considered remote, departing himself from the European episode of European and ethno-nationalist reputation.

The long-term in the house and abroad is that the dark that is not vaccinated with any serious aggregates with extreme rights.

But there is more about this election that makes observers transfer their view in Germany. And I will return to the AFD, strongly deny the “extremist” label “.

Germans suffered a gut kick – in terms of self image and international reputation in their country.

For many years, they used to be admired – and envious – as European economy power.

Advantage by technologyTranslation as “progress through technology”, a advertising slogan for the audi car in the 1980s. For decades it took Germany’s reputation in international visualization.

The country is found to be modern, dynamic and technology that has improved. And the automobile industry is a leading arteries that pump Germany’s economic wealth.

But basic errors are now revealed in German economic model.

It is widely viewed as broken .

Critics asked for lack of visibility in Germany, or ability to act in times. Where is the Serious R & D investment? In the big tech? To AI?

To worse things, during the 16 years of Angela Merkel Chancellor – he went down to 2021 – Germany continued to believe:

• Is exported to China
• cheap gas from Russia
• an umbrella in US defense.

All this rest of Germany reveals.

Donald Trump today says Europe is no longer able to rely on US security support and guarantee.

China makes the vulnerable improvement in the automobile industry and dominated electricity technology. So far is less necessary for German imports.

And the whole Russian invasion of Ukraine has left Germany scrambling for alternative energy sources. Purchase of liquid natural gas, from the US etc., darling, leading the financial strain of many strong energy energy.

The result: Germany’s economy is a lazy and sticky. As the largest member of the eurozone currency, with an effect more than its boundaries. European allies are disappointed.

Germany’s military is also a source of irritation (which is placed politely) to neighbors in Europe. Berlin is a significant power of defense Alliance, NATO. Donald Trump’s return to White House means that Europeans should give more of their own abilities.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promises a tense – a change point – for the country’s lost military, after the total Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Although the German military remains in a lost situation – less batts – ready, we are told, than three years ago.

About due to donations in Ukraine.

Germany, after the US, was the largest donor of military aid in Ukraine and most of the political parties in Germany in favor of supporting Kyiv.

The AFD takes a different principle. “Peace” is one of the most frequent signs you have seen in their rallies.

They wanted a rapprochement in Russia, to stop sending the weapons in Ukraine immediately, and use armed forces in Germany.

Over 4,000 German bridges are broken or in a great mood. I could never believe my ears when I first heard that. But this is the reported appearance of a nation whose infrastructure is quiet for many years due to chronic under-investment – public and private.

Taking over the train in Germany is awesome – worse than the UK, who can surprise the tired commuters in Britain.

Digitizing is also sad. The receiving mobile phone is patchy outside the towns and people even known to use faxes!

But even when recent German governments want to invest more, they face legal spending limits.

A debt brake is written by the German Constitution following the financial crisis of 2008/9, with a constraint of new debt no more than 0.35% of GDP, except for national emergency.

Germans have not rely on their politicians.

They saw government spending at home and abroad. The euro money, which is German trusted, almost crushed.

But what are such voters in an anchor to financial strength then, now appears mainly, a block of economic growth.

The rows about the debt brake change are the last straw that leads to the collapse of the Outgoing coalition in Germany this Sunday.

However, the new German government to watch: Debt destruction breaks no need to cause. You need a third most of the Parliament to the German constitutional change.

Migration is a big issue in Germany. And a large winner of the vote for the AFD.

It was far from the country to worry about European migration, but Germany alone took over a million asylum seekers, which came from the syylum and Afghan, during the European migrant. 2015/16.

The country also opens its doors to 1.2 million refugees Ukrainian.

Many Germans are proud of what they call “welcome culture”.

But a spate of attacks on asylum seekers from the Middle East and Afghanistan did not pay a debate what the boundaries of Germany should have.

There were attacks, a machete attack, a car that jokes civilians in a Christmas market and changing a Demonstration of the Christmas union in Munich, where another little child killed.

The AFD insists that it is not a racist or anti-migration, and that whomsoever is welcomed by Germany when they come by legal means, contributing society and culture.

The party says it will then deport all immigrants who have committed a crime, and whoever comes here illegal.

That stands with many AFD supporters I told the rallies on the lead-to Sunday election – including young women who told me they didn’t feel safe on the roads.

It is also worth saying in May, a German court found “the most important part of the AFD” that anybody has a migrant heritage is not “good German” – even if they hold the citizenship of german.

It has ended that the AFD refers to “giving German citizens with a background to migrate to a legal emphasis”. It is contrary to the German constitution.

Worried they can lose the AFD voters in the migration and boundaries question, the center of Germany without and center to the right to be moved to the right of their rhetoric. This is a win for the AFD, whatever the election is up.

Although it was the second largest parliament force, as predicted, it was very, it would never be done to the next government in Germany.

Post-World War Two German political systems are designed so that no party can dominate Parliament while the Nazis did after they first vote, in 1933.

Mercy-building is the name of the game. And there is a so-called firewall in the area from the end of the world’s war – a cross-party jointly maintain the extreme rights of government.

The AFD insures it is conservative and libertarian, not a radical force on the right.

It targets the growing base of its support, in the west as well as East Germany and the younger voters also. It accuses opponents to try to close it, close it and keep it in power. That, it says, the anti-democratic.

Elon Musk took the heads of Europe when he declared in December that only the AFD could save Germany.

Most here insists on their country should be saved from the AFD.