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Skip to contentSkip to site indexSearch & Section NavigationSection Navigation SEARCH Europe SUBSCRIBE FOR A$0.50/WEEKLog in Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR A$0.50/WEEK Europe|In Germany, Fighting the Far Right Poses a Conundrum for Democracy https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/world/europe/germany-far-right-government.html * Share full article * * * 170 Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT IN GERMANY, FIGHTING THE FAR RIGHT POSES A CONUNDRUM FOR DEMOCRACY Mainstream parties are changing laws to protect government institutions. Critics say the changes risk undermining democracy. * Share full article * * * 170 * Read in app A protest over the Alternative for Germany party and right-wing extremism in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin in January.Credit...Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press By Erika Solomon Reporting from Berlin March 13, 2024Updated 10:13 a.m. ET Get it sent to your inbox. For Germany — a country that knows something about how extremists can hijack a government — the surging popularity of the far right has forced an awkward question. How far should a democracy go in restricting a party that many believe is bent on undermining it? It is a quandary that politicians and legal experts are grappling with across the country as support surges for Alternative for Germany, a far-right party whose backing now outstrips each of the three parties in the governing coalition. Not only is the AfD the most popular party in three states holding elections this year, it is polling nationwide as high as 20 percent. German politicians have become increasingly alarmed that someday the party could wield influence in the federal government. Its popularity has grown despite the fact that the domestic intelligence services announced they are investigating the party as a suspected threat to democracy. Germans have already had a front-row seat to the rise of so-called illiberal democrats in Poland and Hungary who used their power to stack courts with pliant judges and silence independent media. History hangs heavy over Germany as well — the Nazis used elections to seize the levers of the state and shape an authoritarian system. Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Today, German lawmakers are rewriting bylaws and pushing for constitutional amendments to ensure courts and state parliaments can provide checks against a future, more powerful AfD. Some have even launched a campaign to ban the AfD altogether. But every remedy holds its own dangers, leaving German politicians threading a course between safeguarding their democracy and the possibility of unwittingly providing the AfD with tools it could someday use to hobble it. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Read 170 Comments * Share full article * * * 170 * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT COMMENTS 170 In Germany, Fighting the Far Right Poses a Conundrum for DemocracySkip to Comments Share your thoughts. The Times needs your voice. We welcome your on-topic commentary, criticism and expertise. Comments are moderated for civility. SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options