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What bollocks. They were nothing before 2015. Which event happened in Germany in 2015? Where was their last demo and what was it about? I‘ll help. It was Freiburg yesterday. What did they chant? I‘ll help. „Festung Europa“. „Festung“ means fortress. Doesn’t tie up with your crap. More let’s...

You talk some bollocks. I live here and no one in my area mentions the EU. It is not a prime reason for voting anything. The AfD is anti muslim migrants and Merkel. People I know in the East asked me to join the Pegida marches. They are not against EU migrants.

No it doesn’t. They are primarily anti refugees and anti Merkel. There are a mixed bag of other agendas including the one to smash the existing state and go to „retribalising“ in Europe. That is Björn Höcke. He represents the extreme right of the AfD. Others say that Merkel leaving in three...

No they are not.

There is no rush to close Schengen borders. The EU is increasing control on the external borders.

That is one reason they are 12,5 %. Most of their supporters don’t read the small print anyway. They want an end to ‚muslim‘ immigration and Merkel. The rest is incidental.

1. in the East they are still smarting over the influx of ‚muslim’ migrants which they had never had before. In the West not as much, but still a section of the population sees that as bad and as Merkel‘s fault. 2. they are sick and tired of the coalition as neither side is particularly happy...

She won the state election, or at least, her coalition with the greens did. The opposition? You mean the 12% party who are opposition more in name than reality? Had enough of what? Merkel has three years to go. If all goes to plan, the CDU has three years to choose a new leader, Seehofer...

We know the rules of the SM and CU, which includes borders to protect them, because we helped write them. The DUP and ERG are the people blocking a deal on the border issue. The English Brexit voters wanted control of borders. Now, how does that work on the only land border with the EU? Still...

Nothing at all to do with Merkel’s resignation. The EU has not even been mentioned in all this. Main point of stress is still refugees and how to deal with future migration and integrate existing non EU migrants. The AfD arose because of 1 Million refugees in one year. They are now claiming...

That is no major surprise and gives her plenty of time to manage the takeover. It also means she is carrying on regardless of threats from the SPD to sink the coalition. Good move and it means she will win the party vote as leader in November. Edit: she doesn’t want the party leadership...

May.

The EU were involved. The peace agreement was only possible because there is no visible border. The EU have said how they would solve the problem and asked for a workable solution from the UK. The UK rejected the offer and have yet to provide an alternative workable solution. The DUP being the...

Fragile, but not hopeless as the coalition won, by a wafer thin majority.

There can be no discussion about trade until we have agreed how it will be controlled. The EU wants clarity on the border as do we, and we agreed to sort this out first. There is no discussion on that. Whether aeroplanes fly or not is not ideology. We are leaving the EU and therefore all other...

The EU is a rule based organisation. Sticking to the four freedoms is not ideological, it is the basis of the SM. Insisting on the U.K. paying what they have committed to, guaranteeing citizens rights and asking for proposals to keep to the GFA and have a frictionless British/ EU border are...

It isn’t over yet. It is a close run thing as to whether CDU and Greens can keep power.

The Commission proposes and administers laws. The parliament has over 700 MEPs from all parties and votes on laws. The Council consists of 28 countries with their own political ideology. There is plenty of room for various ideologies and political views. Whatever happens any deal with the U.K...

Conclusion. There is an alternative protest party to right wing populists. Thank god.

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