Emmanuel Macron calls a snap election and the hard right wins big in Germany – but that’s far from the whole picture
Mon 10 Jun 2024 06.28 EDT
Mariam Lau: For German voters, immigration has trumped AfD scandals
In Germany, the further rise of the far right was expected – every poll had predicted as much. What was not expected, however, was that revelations of alleged corruption and involvement of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) with the Russian and Chinese governments would apparently matter so little to its voters. Though the resulting gains – the AfD jumped to 16%…