Both the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) and the right-wing, antiglobalist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) made significant gains in elections held on Sunday, February 11th, in Berlin. Newly released opinion polls also suggest that Germany has veered sharply to the right, despite multiple attempts by the leftist government to stigmatise the AfD.
Recently orchestrated demonstrations against the ‘far right’ in Berlin were claimed by the media to show public opinion opposing the AfD—but the election results tell a different story.
