Germany, AfD, and the Democracy Delusion

Representatives of Germany’s two most powerful establishment parties are comfortable publicly expressing the view that a popular rival should be suppressed.

German populist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is enjoying unprecedented support.

Recent polls show as much as 21 percent of the German electorate would support the party, which would secure it the second-highest number of seats in the Bundestag. This comes as Germans contend with inflation, mounting pressure in the energy and real estate sectors, and a perception that the migration crisis in Germany is getting worse...