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Defiance in Germany: Can mass protests stop the far right?

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Germany to protest the far right AfD party. At the same time, Germans are increasingly angry at their government and many of their political leaders. Why has this rage become mainstream?

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Brandon Bohrn

is a member of the Bertelsmann Foundation and its Europe’s Future Program. He focuses on US-German and transatlantic relations.

DW Sendung TTP | TTPe, 01.02.24, Hasse, Nina — Image: DW

Nina Haase

is DW’s Chief Political Correspondent. Based in Berlin.

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Katja Hoyer

is a researcher at the Kings College in London and author of the best-selling book "Beyond the wall" about the former German Democratic Republic.

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