About this episode

This episode discusses the potential rise of Germany's AfD party to state-level governance.

An audio version of "A Far-Right Breakthrough? Germany’s AfD on the Brink of State-Level Governance," a new Critical Questions by CSIS’s Donatienne Ruy and Emma Buelte. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

Topics covered

• far-right politics
• Germany
• state governance
• AfD
• political analysis

Keywords

• AfD
• Germany
• far-right
• politics
• state governance
• Donatienne Ruy
• Emma Buelte

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AfD, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Places: Germany

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