Anne Will discusses the historic 2025 Saxony-Anhalt election with correspondent Nadine Lindner, who reports on the AfD’s 41.8% victory and its strategic success in dismantling the CDU. Lindner describes the party’s effective campaign tactics, such as using motorcycle events to build bridges to voters, and highlights the hostile atmosphere at the AfD’s election party, where journalists faced harassment. The conversation explores how the AfD normalizes its extremist stance through contradictory messaging and appeals to economic grievances, effectively eroding the "firewall" against right-wing…
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