Tag: Angela Merkel
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Merkel: AfD a Dehumanizing Party in Interview
Merkel Calls AfD a Dehumanizing Party in a ZDF Interview In a recent ZDF interview, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel labeled the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “dehumanizing party”. She linked the party’s emergence to the eurozone crisis, noting that it briefly faded from public attention before resurfacing in 2014, drawing on the rhetoric…
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Merkel Calls AfD a Dehumanizing Party and Warns About Populism Across Europe
Merkel’s sharp condemnation of the AfD In a recent interview with ZDF, the former German chancellor spoke with unflinching clarity about the AfD, calling the party a “dehumanizing party”. Merkel argued that the path the AfD has taken—from its beginnings during the Euro crisis to its later associations with the Pegida movement—has been shaped by…
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Merkel Calls AfD a ‘Hate-Filled’ Party Amid Rising Populism
Merkel’s sharp rebuke of the AfD and the state of European populism Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has delivered a pointed critique of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), calling the party a “menschenverachtende Partei” — a dehumanizing force that stands in stark opposition to the country’s constitutional values. In a ZDF interview, Merkel traced the…