Recent voter surveys say between 14% and 22% of under-30s would vote for the far-right Alternative for Germany party in the upcoming European elections. But who are these potential voters?

At an Alternative for Germany (AfD) European election campaign in Berlin, two of the far-right party’s candidates, Dr Alexander Sell and Mary Khan-Holoch, discussed national pride and how the AfD hopes to make Germans proud of being German again.

The crowd was largely made up of pensioners. However, there were also quite a few young people in the mix.

Khan-Holoch herself is 30 years old, and she did not hesitate in her answer to the question of what makes the AfD so attractive to first-time and young voters.

Germans feel afraid of becoming strangers in their own country,” Khan-Holoch told Euronews.

  • @Godric@lemmy.world
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    Ideologies with easy answers thrive in times of fear and uncertainty. We’ve seen it before, we’ve seen where it leads.