Johann Wadephul invokes the collapse of the Weimar Republic as the AfD’s historic Saxony-Anhalt win sharpens Germany’s guns-versus-butter debate.
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Johann Wadephul invokes the collapse of the Weimar Republic as the AfD’s historic Saxony-Anhalt win sharpens Germany’s guns-versus-butter debate.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul addresses a press conference at the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar in Weimar on September 3, 2026. | Jens Schlüter/AFP via Getty Images
September 10, 2026
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