Is the AfD a threat to Germany? Mehdi Hasan & Maximilian Krah

Running connected an anti-immigration, pro-deportation platform, the German far-right Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) became the second-largest enactment successful parliament past twelvemonth and is polling archetypal successful 2026.

Critics spot the AfD’s emergence arsenic a menace to Germany’s multicultural ideology and to the aboriginal of the European Union – accusations the AfD rejects.

Mainstream parties person truthful acold kept it retired of authorities by maintaining a “firewall” of noncooperation, but volition it hold?

Mehdi Hasan challenges Maximilian Krah, subordinate of parliament for the AfD, connected “Remigration”, his views connected Muslims, and whether the enactment should beryllium considered extremist.

Joining the discussion:
Gerald Knaus – Chairman of Berlin-based European Stability Initiative
Deborah Feldman – American German writer and commentator
Ralph Schoellhammer – Head of the Center for Applied History and IR Theory, Mathias Corvinus Collegium