#germany-politics

#germany-politics

It is not only the unbearable pandering of conservatives and reactionaries to rightwing extremists and their positions, but, above all, the fact that the federal government, composed of precisely these conservatives and reactionaries together with the Social Democratic party, is doing everything it can to maintain and reinforce the main reasons for voters drifting towards Alternative fur Deutschland: threats to living standards due to rising costs of living and, above all, rising rents, accompanied by increasing social inequality.

The unusual split comes at a time when mainstream politicians have accused the anti-immigration AfD of acting as stooges for the Kremlin and even spying for Russia. The row has also erupted in a year in which the AfD is flying high, often polling above the record 20 percent it won in the February elections which made it Germany's second strongest party.

The more left-wing members of the Social Democrats have accused their party leadership of doing too little to secure peace in Europe, calling for peacekeeping through defense capabilities, arms control, and rapprochement.