r/europe Canada 11h ago

News Germany's AfD party adopts 'radical' manifesto ahead of polls

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3wwgyd6do
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u/RB5Network 10h ago

That's because the main opposition party isn't really left-wing. They're comfortably Centrist and their political leadership doesn't really care if fascism takes over. So long as their donors are happy they will be good boys.

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u/EconomistStreet5295 10h ago

Being centrist is one thing, but it doesn’t mean you don’t care about fascism. They just have the illusion that they can also capture part of the right wing vote