Germany's Surging Far-Right and the Future of Populism - Aug. 29, 2019
Deep Dish on Global Affairs · Sheri Berman, Brian Hanson, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
August 29, 201929m 20s
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Show Notes
On September 1, two important state elections are being held in Germany's Brandenburg and Saxony. The far-right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) looks poised to win. On Deep Dish, Sheri Berman of Barnard College explains why the AfD has emerged as a formidable populist challenger to the two long-dominant parties in Germany, the social democrats and the Christian democrats.