“ The reason for this development is a deep economic and political crisis, to which the established parties have no answers.” By Leandros Fisher 07 September 2026 The fact that the AfD can win a state election is not new. Already in 2024, the party led by Björn Höcke was far ahead of all other parties. The difference to Saxony-Anhalt: in 2024, it was still possible for the majority without the AfD. In Saxony-Anhalt, the "old order" was destroyed, writes the Neue Zürich Zeitung, because "the signs in German politics have turned around: it is the AfD that invites talks, formulates conditions, draws red lines, and thinks about a minority government." The reason for this development is a deep economic and political crisis, to which the established parties have no answers. Friedrich Merz had already insulted people as exploiters and angry citizens before the election, thereby showing that the Union is becoming a full-fledged crisis solver for the working class. The state...
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51