If you're wondering how the country got here, it basically boils down to 3 massive failures by the elites:
First was Merkel doing immigration in reverse. She opened the doors first and tried to get public consent after. You can't do that without completely breaking social trust. This shocked the democratic system and alienated citizens who felt a policy was forced on them rather than being asked.
Second is the Putin brother-partner cooperation and feeding his regime with EU money through energy. Outsourcing German energy to Ruzzia and security to the US was a historically bad move.
Third follows, being a result of the second. Now Germany is panicking and pouring money into defense to protect against Russia. To pay for it, they are cutting welfare. That economic pain drives angry voters straight to the AfD, who ironically share an ideology with Russia anyway (haha).
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