Source: CNN
After six long months of coalition talks, the new German government of Christian Democrats and Social Democrats finally got off to a start two weeks ago — but it crashed almost at once.
There’s an enemy within it: the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), a xenophobic nationalistic party that clambered into the Bundestag for the first time this term. Or rather, the toxic rhetoric of that party has found its way into the coalition.
Of course, the AfD is in opposition, and all of Germany’s other parties — government and opposition — have vowed to isolate it.
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