Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to work with extreme groups for decades.
The party that won Germany’s election is radically softening its approach to working with the far right as the reality of the country’s transformed political landscape starts to bite.
While the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) — the party of Helmut Kohl and Angela Merkel — has for decades steadfastly refused to cooperate or do deals with politicians on the extremes, that “firewall” now appears to be crumbling as the German parliament works out how to organize itself in the wake of the country’s Feb. 23 snap election.
politico.eu is from springer which is our fox news.
a small group in the conservative party is talking about normalizing the far-right. but the media and the public are calling them out on it. even from within their party.
last time cdu tried to “work together” with afd, there were millions on the streets within a few days.
edit: over 75% voted against a fashist party with a voter turnout of 83%
A turn out of 83%?! Impressive.
Oh thats interesting, I always thought that site was fairly neutral whoops.
Ooooh wait - I think I remember: they were originally part of the Gawker conglomerate (with the us-focused politico.com, jezebel, jalopnik, and some others), and Peter Thiel snarfed them up / did a hatched job on their staff, right?
Fucking Thiel, holy christ. He’s really gunning for Murdoch’s spot on the “shittiest humans alive” list, isn’t he?