All mainstream parties have ruled out working with the AfD, which was classified as “extremist” by German intelligence for its anti-Muslim and anti-migrant rhetoric. They continue to maintain the so-called firewall by refusing any cooperation on policies with the far-right, a move Weidel slammed as “deeply undemocratic.”
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