Surge in Support for Germany’s Anti-Immigrant Party Could — Eventually — Spell Trouble for Aid to Ukraine

The new BSW party insists that any future coalition in which it is a part reject the planned deployment of American missiles on German soil.

Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP
The eponymous leader of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance at Berlin, September 1, 2024. Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP

The stunning advance of the anti-immigrant Alternative für Deutschland party in two German regional elections on Sunday might make those with memories of how the Weimar Republic fizzled a little jittery, even if this is not a case of history repeating itself. 

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