This is about German politics, but it might better fit here at the moment.
Basically, the CDU (center rightist mainstreamers) always categorically rejected any form of collaboration with the AfD. Now, after several killings by migrants, its leader Friedrich Merz suddenly shifted and talks about possibly using AfD votes in the parliament to pass a law that amounts to the same thing the AfD has always wanted, namely remigration of migrants/refugees.
The story is a bit more complicated, you can read the details in this article. But this represents a seismic shift in German politics. Granted, this is partly a maneuver to placate the conservative base and get more votes for the upcoming elections, but still, it would never have happened even a few months ago, and there is an inner logic to this that might upend the political landscape in Germany. Other CDU politicians suddenly take a different tack towards the AfD, even defending it as a democratic party that shouldn't be smeared as "Nazi".
I wonder what's going on. It sure seems as if Merz and gang can "smell" that the wind is shifting: the global Deep State for some reason has decided to tone down the war on the "far-right", now Trump is in office, and things have changed. Why that is, I don't know, but it's an interesting data point that this "awareness" might have reached German elites. Interesting times.
Basically, the CDU (center rightist mainstreamers) always categorically rejected any form of collaboration with the AfD. Now, after several killings by migrants, its leader Friedrich Merz suddenly shifted and talks about possibly using AfD votes in the parliament to pass a law that amounts to the same thing the AfD has always wanted, namely remigration of migrants/refugees.
The story is a bit more complicated, you can read the details in this article. But this represents a seismic shift in German politics. Granted, this is partly a maneuver to placate the conservative base and get more votes for the upcoming elections, but still, it would never have happened even a few months ago, and there is an inner logic to this that might upend the political landscape in Germany. Other CDU politicians suddenly take a different tack towards the AfD, even defending it as a democratic party that shouldn't be smeared as "Nazi".
I wonder what's going on. It sure seems as if Merz and gang can "smell" that the wind is shifting: the global Deep State for some reason has decided to tone down the war on the "far-right", now Trump is in office, and things have changed. Why that is, I don't know, but it's an interesting data point that this "awareness" might have reached German elites. Interesting times.