Germany is grappling with a surge in rightwing extremism. Political violence is on the rise and the populist AfD is alarming mainstream parties. How bad is Germany's farright problem and does it pose a real threat to democracy?

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction and this week's topic
6:42 Background and context
11:01 Political violence in German
20:41 What is rightwing extremism?
24:11 Cascade of crises
26:01 Popularity of AfD
36:30 Farright attitudes in Germany
41:00 Views on immigration, integration
48:10 Drivers of discontent
51:00 AfD as "suspected" extremist grou
52:31 Farright threat in Europe
1:09:14 Shooting of Slovak PM
1:10:00 Foreign influence on rightwing parties
1:14:10 Poll result and goodbye

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