The AfD: Extremist. Popular. Banned?
Simon Whistler · June 19, 2025 · 24 min video · Europe & NATO
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In early May of this year, one of the world's richest and most powerful
Democracies took
An unprecedented step to constrain and control one of its largest political
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Germany considers banning the AfD, its second-largest party, as extremist. But is that a defense of democracy—or a dangerous attack on it? Here's what happened, and why it matters.
