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What Canadians Need to Know About Germany’s AfD and the Far-Right’s Threat to Democracy

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Far-right parties are on the rise across Europe.

Germany’s recent federal election saw a dramatic and concerning rise in support for the Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD, a far-right party that is considered a right-wing extremist organization and a threat to democracy. The AfD’s recent campaign was emboldened following endorsements by foreign billionaire Elon Musk and words of support from US Vice President JD Vance.

As European far-right political parties like the AfD grow and build organizational power, the international far-right is increasingly looking across the Atlantic and building bridges with Canadian conservatives and far-right political actors.

On this episode of Sources, Matthias Ecke, a German Member of the European Parliament with the EU’s Socialists and Democrats group, talks to PressProgress Editor Luke LeBrun about the AfD and the threat the far-right poses to democracy.

Additional reading:

German AfD party labeled ‘extremist’ by intelligence agency (Deutsche Welle)

German court finds far-right AfD pursues goals ‘against democracy’ (Reuters)

German member of the European Parliament ‘seriously injured’ in Dresden assault (Politico Europe)

Why are attacks and incitement on the rise in Germany? (Der Spiegel)

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Far-right parties are on the rise across Europe.

Germany’s recent federal election saw a dramatic and concerning rise in support for the Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD, a far-right party that is considered a right-wing extremist organization and a threat to democracy. The AfD’s recent campaign was emboldened following endorsements by foreign billionaire Elon Musk and words of support from US Vice President JD Vance.

As European far-right political parties like the AfD grow and build organizational power, the international far-right is increasingly looking across the Atlantic and building bridges with Canadian conservatives and far-right political actors.

On this episode of Sources, Matthias Ecke, a German Member of the European Parliament with the EU’s Socialists and Democrats group, talks to PressProgress Editor Luke LeBrun about the AfD and the threat the far-right poses to democracy.

Additional reading:

German AfD party labeled ‘extremist’ by intelligence agency (Deutsche Welle)

German court finds far-right AfD pursues goals ‘against democracy’ (Reuters)

German member of the European Parliament ‘seriously injured’ in Dresden assault (Politico Europe)

Why are attacks and incitement on the rise in Germany? (Der Spiegel)

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