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Germany at the crossroads.

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What follows are two lengthy passages concerning Germany. If you are concerned about where “things” are headed there, you will likely be more concerned after you read these two items. Every word that follows was written by the team at Eurointelligence.

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1. How the AfD could end up in government.

Germany's centrist parties have drawn a political firewall against the AfD. They do not cooperate with the far right at any level: federal, state, region or local. We can see why they are doing this, but we also see that it is arithmetically and politically unsustainable. If you exclude a party that polls at 20%, you invariably end up with four-party coalitions. Everyone else, bar one, is always in government. The more the centrist parties huddle together, the stronger the AfD will get.