Tommy Vitor

They also have to figure out an immigration policy that can defang the AFD in the right wing and make people feel heard without emulating them. Or as you said earlier, alienating parts of the Social Democratic Coalition in a way that fractures the government. And like coalition governments are great insofar as they force you to.

They also have to figure out an immigration policy that can defang the AFD in the right wing and make people feel heard without emulating them. Or as you said earlier, alienating parts of the Social Democratic Coalition in a way that fractures the government. And like coalition governments are great insofar as they force you to.

work together with other parties and they force sort of a more moderate government. But that clearly has allowed these populist movements to thrive and grow on both sides. So we'll see if they can sort of deal with that and mitigate that risk. I'm a little worried with Mertz because he hasn't seemed to be the most deft political operator so far.

work together with other parties and they force sort of a more moderate government. But that clearly has allowed these populist movements to thrive and grow on both sides. So we'll see if they can sort of deal with that and mitigate that risk. I'm a little worried with Mertz because he hasn't seemed to be the most deft political operator so far.

work together with other parties and they force sort of a more moderate government. But that clearly has allowed these populist movements to thrive and grow on both sides. So we'll see if they can sort of deal with that and mitigate that risk. I'm a little worried with Mertz because he hasn't seemed to be the most deft political operator so far.

Like this move in the Bundestag with the immigration proposal that got the AFD support that was seen as breaking the firewall was Very stupid and seemingly led to the rise of this far left party. Yeah.

Like this move in the Bundestag with the immigration proposal that got the AFD support that was seen as breaking the firewall was Very stupid and seemingly led to the rise of this far left party. Yeah.

Like this move in the Bundestag with the immigration proposal that got the AFD support that was seen as breaking the firewall was Very stupid and seemingly led to the rise of this far left party. Yeah.

Yeah, definitely. But, you know, look, we're not seeing a CDU AFD government. So that's nice.

Yeah, definitely. But, you know, look, we're not seeing a CDU AFD government. So that's nice.

Yeah, definitely. But, you know, look, we're not seeing a CDU AFD government. So that's nice.

Yeah, decent leaders. I do. I just keep seeing in these elections that the youngest people are just saying absolutely not to the established parties, like 18 to 24-year-olds or the share of 18 to 24-year-olds voting from the AFD skyrocketed. The share of 18 to 24-year-olds voting for the far left party skyrocketed. So there's just not a lot of faith in institutions and traditional parties.

Yeah, decent leaders. I do. I just keep seeing in these elections that the youngest people are just saying absolutely not to the established parties, like 18 to 24-year-olds or the share of 18 to 24-year-olds voting from the AFD skyrocketed. The share of 18 to 24-year-olds voting for the far left party skyrocketed. So there's just not a lot of faith in institutions and traditional parties.

Yeah, decent leaders. I do. I just keep seeing in these elections that the youngest people are just saying absolutely not to the established parties, like 18 to 24-year-olds or the share of 18 to 24-year-olds voting from the AFD skyrocketed. The share of 18 to 24-year-olds voting for the far left party skyrocketed. So there's just not a lot of faith in institutions and traditional parties.

And look, I'm not... I kind of get it. Right. I mean, imagine you're 18. You just went through COVID and like this horrible economic crisis and inflation. Things are pretty awful. But we'll see. It's a tough, tough political challenge.

And look, I'm not... I kind of get it. Right. I mean, imagine you're 18. You just went through COVID and like this horrible economic crisis and inflation. Things are pretty awful. But we'll see. It's a tough, tough political challenge.

And look, I'm not... I kind of get it. Right. I mean, imagine you're 18. You just went through COVID and like this horrible economic crisis and inflation. Things are pretty awful. But we'll see. It's a tough, tough political challenge.

Yeah, the young leader in the Delinca left party, she blew up on TikTok. That's how they reached a lot of people.

Yeah, the young leader in the Delinca left party, she blew up on TikTok. That's how they reached a lot of people.

Yeah, the young leader in the Delinca left party, she blew up on TikTok. That's how they reached a lot of people.