Political scientist Julia Reuschenbach: 'I do not see Chancellor Friedrich Merz resigning'
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Le Monde [en] · Western Europe
Following the Alternative for Germany (AfD) victory in Saxony-Anhalt on September 6, pressure is mounting on Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), to ease its policy of excluding the far right. Doing so would be a strategic mistake, says political scientist Julia Reuschenbach, who argues that the AfD's goal is to destroy the CDU.
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