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Does AfD's big win in Germany signal a 'far right' uprising in Europe?

Many years ago, Otto von Bismarck observed that politics was the art of the possible. The modern European establishment appears to have inverted the Iron Chancellors maxim. Politics has increasingly become the art of explaining to voters why what they want is impossible, irresponsible, xenophobic, Islamophobic, nativist or, inevitably, far right. And made it impossible to vote for the so-called far-right party thats actually willing to admit theres a problem.

8 Sep 2026 8:31 pm