"Now this party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), is leading in many of the polls. It has just received the endorsement of the United States, the country that taught West Germans what democracy was after the defeat of Hitler. It believes it can count on President Donald Trump to break the cordon sanitaire that isolates it in the U.S. and fight the constitutional bodies that could lead to its ban."
"The new National Security Strategy, the document in which U.S. administrations present their worldview and priorities, warns of the risk of the erasure of what it calls European civilization. It accuses EU leaders of subverting the democratic process. It promises to cultivate, within European nations, resistance to Europe's current trajectory. For the United States, this resistance is made up of parties such as Vox in Spain and the National Rally (RN) in France, or AfD in Germany."
"The German far right is a unique case. It enjoyed the support of Trump-aligned magnate Elon Musk and Vice President J.D. Vance in the campaign for the general election last February and became the second-largest group in parliament. It is a more radical party than the National Rally, to the point that German intelligence services have labeled the AfD an extremist party with principles contrary to the democratic order."
Alternative for Germany (AfD) moved from outcast to leading in many polls and received U.S. endorsement linked to MAGA figures. The U.S. National Security Strategy warns of the erasure of European civilization and pledges to cultivate resistance within European nations, naming parties like Vox, RN, and AfD. AfD gained backing from figures such as Elon Musk and J.D. Vance during the general election campaign and became the Bundestag's second-largest group. German intelligence services have labeled AfD extremist with principles contrary to democratic order. The AfD's rise displaces the CDU's historic role as West-anchoring Atlanticist party.
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