How the AfD became a nightmare for Friedrich Merz
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Episode How the AfD became a nightmare for Friedrich Merz
The AfD’s thumping victory in the Saxony-Anhalt regional election has sent shockwaves across the German political landscape and left chancellor Friedrich Merz in a state of shock. With his popularity plummeting and further regional elections on the horizon, is Merz’s time almost up? And what does all of this tell us about the current state of German democracy?
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Guest: Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Jesse Fox, Leo Danczak.
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