Sonja Hutson

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FT News Briefing · Germany’s far-right boosted by stance against Iran war · 14 May 2026 podcast

She joins me now to make sense of how the war in Iran might be driving Germans further to the right.

Hi, Anne Sylvain.

Hello.

So give us a little background on the alternative for Germany.

How does it stack up against other populist movements like MAGA in the U.S.

Yeah.

Tell me a little bit about why that is.

I mean, during Germany's last federal election, the AFD got the attention of Elon Musk and U.S.

Vice President J.D.

Vance.

Why has the war in Iran changed that relationship?

So something that I find really interesting is that the current Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also criticized the U.S.-led conflict, but only the AFD seems to have been able to capitalize on it.

Why is that?

Yeah.

Going back to the alternative for Germany, you know, my understanding is that the party is still kind of taboo in the country.

Is this the moment that it maybe starts to go mainstream?

Anne-Solvayne Chastany is the FT's Berlin bureau chief.

Thanks, Anne-Solvayne.

Thank you.

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