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Sep 12, 2026 31 min

The AfD landslide: explained | Katja Hoyer

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Katja Hoyer – historian and author of Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe – sat down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the seismic results of the Saxony-Anhalt state elections. Katja and Fraser discuss the collapse of Germany’s centrist parties, the spectacular failure of the AfD ‘firewall’, why the former East Germany is so ripe for rebellion and why the AfD’s more unsavoury characters are not putting off voters. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join

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