*the real success of the AfD – recently designated a right-wing extremist party by Germany’s constitutional protection services, and now facing renewed calls for its ban – may not only lie in its electoral gains. It’s in how far both conservative and liberal parties have shifted their platforms in response to its rise. [...] The question isn’t whether Germany is shifting to the right – it’s how far, and how fast."

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