But two years ago, after the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Germany, Mr. Reil switched to the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD. “Those are my former comrades,” Mr. Reil said, chuckling. “They came with me.”How is a far-right party drawing voters from labor, a traditional bastion of the left? The AfD shocked Germany in the fall when it became the first far-right party to enter Parliament since World War II. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMs. Merkel and her conservative alliance are negotiating a coalition deal with their former governing partners, the left-leaning Social Democrats.

Source: New York Times February 06, 2018 04:41 UTC