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Germany’s ‘Firewall’ Against the Far Right Is Being Tested as Never Before

Source: Jim Tankersley · Published Sep 7, 2026, 8:35 PM

In World, Jim Tankersley puts this story at the center of the day: A blowout win by the far-right Alternative for Germany party in a state election has revealed a split among voters about whether to uphold a decades-old strategy for sidelining extremists. FlexChar is surfacing it because it is driving searches and conversation right now.

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