Sonja Hutson

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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