AfD is the most popular party in Germany for the first time, with a record 26%

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by kalbinibirak

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  1. Yikes. This is the complete opposite of the direction Germany should be going in. Are they not seeing the absolute clusterfuck / dumpster fire that is going on in America right now? Are Germans really thinking that “that’s the direction our country should go in”?

    Hopefully AfD’s popularity reverses sooner rather than later.

  2. This is something very surprising. I am working eith some people from Germany and they all think that current government does more for people outside from Germany instead for its own.

  3. People are building there political opinions on Reddit/Twitter/Facebook and not from discussions with other people. Democracy is on threat since the rise of the algorithm and the push of the it from a handfull of people. Thats why AFD is biggest winner of this new way information world.

  4. …and if you do the survey three weeks after Germany turns off the Twittersphere?

  5. Okay, this is getting out of hand. We don’t need a bi-weekly status update on how the AfD is polling. The new government from our election 2months ago is still forming (finalizing this week), these polls are beyond unnecessary. Wake me up again when the new government actually had time to, you know, *govern*.

    Until then this is just media trying to make money off of your anxieties, further fanning the flames.

  6. But surely, if the SPD, CDU and Greens just move more right again, just appease AfD voters more, if the media depicts more of their views, surely THIS time it’ll work to make them smaller, right? Right?

  7. Not surprised. When the ruling party keeps ignoring their voters they will eventually become disillusioned and look for drastic change by voting for the party most opposite of the one in power, even if the change is for the worst, people want change. Same exact thing happened here in Italy. We ended up electing our most right wing government since 1946.

  8. Blaming people who vote them is useless.

    New government needs to act quickly to solve the root cause why they are getting those votes. That is the only way. But for the decades they are busy only serving the Upper class and destroying the middle class.

  10. Which party is talking against illegal migration etc. just without the afd shit?

  11. Why are we looking at those polls again? Next election is scheduled to 2029 and last election was literally just 2 months ago. The new government wasn’t even formed. What’s the point? Oh wow booo AfD is leading because nothing ever happens or smth. Maybe look at polls in like 2027 at the soonest?

    I’m really tired of people panicking over polls when quite literally nothing happened, Merz isn’t even chancellor yet. Wait when they fuck up, not when they’re not in office. Oh and also remember next election is in 4 years, not 4 months

  12. Love the absolute ignorance by some people in this sub that have no idea about German politics but still talk like they know it all. The AfD has gaine 6% since the election. The new government hasn’t even been sworn in during that time. But somehow it’s the fault of the “ruling party” and their policies.

  13. Europe has a tough decade ahead. The EU model is under attack from both sides, Russia and the US, and they will try to break it from without and within.

    If we are to survive, the centre left and centre right must co-operate to deliver security and prosperity, and avoid the far right and left from tearing apart the progress and standards of the EU. Immigration, Economic development and security need to be addressed in a convincing and credible way.

  14. Left wing parties can reverse the trend so easily.. Take immigration more seriously. Its that simple. Left-leaning parties have a real opportunity to change the current political tide—by taking immigration concerns more seriously. It’s not about abandoning core values, but about recognizing that many people are genuinely worried about rapid cultural changes. When those concerns aren’t addressed, it creates space for parties like AfD and others on the far right to gain traction.

    People naturally feel unsettled when their surroundings change in ways that feel unfamiliar or too fast. If a neighborhood transforms so quickly that it no longer feels like home, it’s understandable that residents might feel a sense of loss or even fear. In that kind of environment, it’s no surprise that messages promising to preserve cultural identity start to resonate.

    Wether we like it or not, immigration concerns are no longer a right wing issue for only right wing voters. It has crossed the political lines and now encompass the middle voters and a good chunk of left wing voters. (I should know, because I am a liberal left winger, and I AM concerned about immigration here in Europe. With the welfare states we have in EU, it will be unsustainable to keep immigration levels.

  16. They taught us in school ever since 5th grade until university and beyond how WW2 happened and how wrong it was and what social and political circumstances contributed to it just to beat us up on protests now. Call us anti-Semites when we’re calling out the same atrocities that we were taught to call out and even worst to allow and form the same propaganda regime that we’ve been warned about. Utterly insane

  17. Populists gain popularity when times get hard, when life becomes difficult or at least when the overall quality of life drops.

    When I came to Germany in 2015 I was able to rent 90sqm apartment with a garage in the Cologne altstadt for 850€ kalt. I was paying around 1€ for a litre of diesel and about 3-3,50 for a Doner.
    That’s only 10 years ago – it’s not reminiscence of how great it was back in the 80s or 90s.
    Today all these things (and many more) cost nearly twice as much. I earn pretty well so I wasn’t personally that affected but I can totally see how this must have had a huge negative impact on a large portion of society.
    We will sadly see further rise of AfD support unless someone steps up and addresses the problem (for example) that bang average house which costed 250k few years back costs today 450-500k pricing out families out of the market.

    I honestly don’t think that gathering in city centers with rainbow flags and screaming insults at the AfD is the solution that will change the trend.

  19. History rhymes

    After WWII, Germany was kind of like “well, let’s not do THAT again”

    Now, it’s been so long that everyone has forgotten what that was like, so they’re ready to do that again

    After they do, assuming it goes terribly wrong since it usually does, there will be another “well, let’s not do THAT again”

    And the cycle repeats

  21. Doesn’t matter. Elections are YEARS out.
    Polls don’t matter this far out.

  22. I wouldn’t give too much thought about this, currently that is. The new government has still not be taken the reigns so this is a very momentary depiction. However, sadly I do believe this trend will continue because the proposed changes and vision for the coming 4 years can only be considered to be lackluster. It will most likely come down to the economy once again and there is still hope in regards to the big infrastructure package. But in all the other areas where interesting changes were possible: Rent reform (Swedish model), Mandatory Army or at least mandatory social year, Vision for europe, Ukraine and even migration the plans are 4 continuous years of „let’s play this one safe“ and sadly this is true especially for the SPD. This is not going to bring moderate right wing voters from the AFD back to the political discourse nor will it help to stop the migration from traditional voters of the middle to both extremes. And while many people seem to believe this, no demonizing the AFD will not help either as well, we saw the great results from that policy when the party went from 10 to 20% under the Ampel coalition. You don’t need to form coalitions with them but demonising them only creates an us vs them mentality within the AFD which will burn the remaining bridges to the unsatisfied voters the party still majorly consists of. Republicans aren’t 50% MAGA and AFD aren‘t 25% Nazis otherwise we never would have had CDU or SPD governments in the past and the NPD would have been a consistent party in our bundestag (which it wasn’t). Rather these are mostly deeply frustrated voters that the parties need to get back into the discourse and a lackluster unambitious strategy is not going to cut it.

    This is the last shot and should have been the reason to not play it safe but instead take some major risks ourselves in order to change things in a meaningful way. As most people rarely ever read what is inside coalition contracts and incremental changes and their effects are hard to grasp, taking some meaningful and decisive actions in the current political landscape matters and wpuld have had a big effect. Even things such simple as the mandatory military service (even if we were to change it back in 4 years) would have signalled what we refer to as a Zeitenwende (change of times) and send a strong signal to frustrated voters that this administration is here to deliver on its promises…another wasted chance. Makes me question how many we have even left?

  23. Why would this matter immediately after the elections?

  25. The rise of AfD isn’t happening in a vacuum. It’s the product of leadership, economy and courage to act against propaganda and the immigration problem. People don’t turn to the far-right or far-left when they feel secure, heard, and hopeful. They turn when the center(left/right) abandons them to uncertainty, rising costs, social fragmentation, and job insecurity.

    What’s worse, this political shift it’s being actively supported by Kremlin disinformation Tik Tok campaigns that cause people fear and distrust. And the longer we ignore this, the more damage it will do, not just in Germany, but across Europe.

  26. People, let us not fall into panic-mode. The new government hasn’t even formed yet. The next elections will be in 4 years if the new coalition holds. If the polls look like this a week before the election then sure, let’s panic but for now it doesn’t say that much. Still frustrating to see though, that much is true.

  27. And yet the german populace would claim they are better than America while simultaneously being just like them…. This is depressing

  28. Reminding everyone about the negative party and what is up with them, is basically free advertising and makes the algorithm think that this should be sprwd around more.

    Hatewatching and rage content is making them more famousso pls don’t make the idiots famous.

  29. People look at how shit turned out for the US and still support AfD. Yes, you’re frustrated at the no action from other parties, but you don’t eat shit because you don’t like broccoli.

  30. Good thing it doesn’t matter for 4 more years. Here is a website that lists more than one polling station and creates an average result: [https://dawum.de/Bundestag/](https://dawum.de/Bundestag/)

  31. those people always existed, they just feel more important now, with their low education, cute blue hearts and being stupid in public.

    this is the exact type of people that voted for Hitler and went back into hiding after WW2…

  32. So 26% against 74%. It’s pretty clear where the majority is.

  34. Dude, look at the past poll results. The greens were at 22% in 2022 and now they are 12%. Atm, these polls mean nothing.

  35. I would not call this independent research, it is produced by the right-wing media.

  36. I guess, the only method to disenchant the radical populists would be, them getting into power and fail spectacular. The problem is, that they likely would do unrepairable damage to the country. Also, if they get into power, they will control the media, courts etc. and their propaganda may get effective enough that people don’t notice the failing or just blame others for it. Looking at Türkiye, Serbia, Slovakia etc. also shows, how difficult it is, to remove the radicals from power once they got in.

    There seems to be no good way out of this mess.

    Maybe the attempt to ban the AfD in Germany will be successful, but the voter base would still be there. It should still be done, because being popular doesn’t make them be above the law.

  37. So 1 in 4 people align with a party ready to “shoot immigrants at the border” and “climate change is a hoax”. Goddamn

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