INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
(Analysis) Germany teeters on the brink of a political tempest
Its once-firm foundation fractures beneath shattered trust and a swelling populist tide.Friedrich Merz, poised to become chancellor, has yet
Could Berlin, pressed by a European Union hostile to dissent, resort to legal tactics to silence this voice, as seen in other member
states?The stakes reach beyond Germany
They probe the fragile unity of a continent
manipulative.His promise to bar asylum at land borders falters amid legal doubts and coalition resistance
The refrain reverberates from Saxony to Brandenburg.Still, some CDU loyalists cling to Merz
Once sidelined, it now commands nearly a quarter of the electorate, up three points since the election.In the east, where economic scars and
migrant tensions fester, voters embrace its conservative-libertarian creed
calls for Russian gas, hangs by a thread
If the AfD eclipses the CDU-CSU by mid-2025, a crisis looms.Here emerges the shadow of the EU
member states have faced barriers
Candidacies in Romania and France annulled under questionable pretexts and judicial pressures deemed political by allies mark the
AfD? Constitutional provisions to ban parties threatening democracy, though rarely used, remain available.Voices on X speculate grimly:
A clumsy crackdown could sanctify the AfD and rally its youthful, anti-militarization base.The gravity of this moment lies in its historical
financialization over industry
The AfD, despite controversies, amplifies this disquiet, voicing the unheard.Should Brussels and Berlin choose suppression, they wager more
It faces submission to an old regime or surrender to a new one.Its course is a portent for a continent wrestling with its identity
