The German far-right recruits youth through music, rap, and martial arts, rapidly expanding on social media while using codes to evade prosecution
Germany is moving to the right again.
This was not only made evident by February’s election results, but it’s also becoming more visible among ordinary folks, especially young people.
February’s snap vote, brought after the collapse of a centre-left administration, saw the conservative bloc come out on top ahead of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD), which garnered its best-ever result in a federal vote amid discontent over immigration and the economy.
The soaring support for the AfD, in a country where being far-right was long considered a no-go in light of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime, appears to be going hand in hand with a wider willingness to openly voice racist views.
