How Far Will The German Elite Go In Resisting The Winds Of Change?
How Far Will The German Elite Go In Resisting The Winds Of Change?
https://korybko.substack.com/p/how-far-will-the-german-elite-go
Banning the AfD, more “statistically conspicuous” deaths of its candidates, and even a repeat of the Romanian scenario can’t be ruled out as the nationalist opposition continues growing in popularity...
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A poll from publicly financed German media revealed that the AfD once again ties the ruling CDU in popularity at 26% each, which https://www.euractiv.com/news/afd-ties-cdu-in-latest-german-poll-as-far-right-makes-western-gains/
” death of seven candidates.
The AfD’s surging support across Germany can be attributed to the https://archive.is/jKirB
. Simply put, cutting off reliable access to low-cost energy raised prices across the board, which reduced the competitiveness of German companies and led to economic malaise. This unfolded in parallel with the government taking on more of a “liberal-totalitarian” form.
A growing number of Germans therefore naturally gravitated towards the only real alternative political force that had emerged in the country by then, which was made all the more attractive by its pragmatic approach to the https://thealtworld.com/andrew_korybko/heres-what-i-learned-from-analyzing-the-new-cold-war-every-day-for-three-years-straight
with Russia or risk its client state’s full defeat.
The AfD favors a compromise that paves the way for resuming Germany’s import of Russian gas while the ruling elite want to perpetuate the proxy war as proven by their latest pledge of https://kyivindependent.com/germany-reaffirms-support-for-ukraine-pledges-10-5-billion-through-2026/
in Ukraine.
Circling back to Euractiv’s article, they concluded on the note that “Merz doesn’t face national elections until 2029, but the AfD are eyeing a number of regional elections next year, including votes in two eastern states where the far right have been holding clear leads in the polls.” While early elections are possible, just like the ones in February that brought Chancellor Friedrich Merz to power and in which the AfD shocked the establishment by coming second, the elite probably won’t risk them (at least not yet).
They won’t want to take the chance that the AfD wins and there’s still more work to be done in engineering the elections whenever they’re eventually held, whether in 2029 or earlier. This could take the form of banning the AfD on extremist pretexts or more of its candidates might fall victim to more “statistically conspicuous” deaths by then. A repeat of the https://korybko.substack.com/p/what-comes-next-after-the-allegedly
whereby politically inconvenient electoral results are annulled on unsubstantiated foreign meddling pretexts is also possible.
One way or another, the ruling elite are expected to continue resisting the winds of change that were unleashed by their own policies and are now sweeping across the country, especially those towards Russia that sabotaged the structural strength of the economy. Whether they succeed in keeping AfD leader Alice Weidel out of the chancellorship remains to be seen, but there’s no doubt that her party’s appeal will continue growing since it’s the only one that truly has Germany’s national interests in mind.
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