After the European Parliament elections in June, I went to some meetings and receptions in 'political Berlin'. It was depressing. Everyone was talking about the good result of the German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. I heard the same laments about the end of democracy or liberalism that we have been hearing since the party gained traction more than a decade ago.
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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.
Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.