German Elections 2025: Why the Right-Wing Performed So Well

Dr Frederik Holst, Associate Professor, Albukhary International University (AIU)

04-Mar-25 15:00

German Elections 2025: Why the Right-Wing Performed So Well

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The recent German elections saw a big shift toward right-wing parties. The CDU, which is a Christian democratic and conservative party won, while the far-right Neo-Nazi party AFD came in second after making massive gains. This isn’t necessarily surprising. After all, for a while now, we’ve been talking about how far-right parties/movements are on the rise in many parts of the world, certainly in Europe and the US.

But what does this mean? What does it tell us about the direction of German politics?

We unpack everything with Frederik Holst who’s an Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Albukhary University.

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Tags: the bigger picture, beyond the ballot box, friedrich merz, german election, german politics, germany, spd, cdu, afd, elon musk,

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