It is time to say goodbye to Germany as an oasis of stability

There is a real possibility that the Federal Republic will emerge from these Bundestag elections ungovernable.

Neither of the two main centrist blocs the Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) or the centre-right alliance of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union ( CDU/CSU ) are polling anywhere near high enough to look as if they will form a government on their own.

Meanwhile, the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) is at above 20 per cent the highest it has ever polled and in second place.

Germany 's far-right party is one of Europe 's most extreme far right groups.

It has proved too toxic for France ’s Marine Le Pen, who booted it out of her “ Patriots for Europe ” grouping in the European Parliament in 2024 .

In parts of former East Germany , local AfD groups are cooperating with neo- Nazi groups.

Trump administration is openly supporting a far-right party with extremist members who consistently seek to minimise Nazi crimes.

Elon Musk held an online talk with AfD leader Alice Weidel on 9 January , when he called on Germans to stop focusing on their historical guilt.

Supporting the AfD and normalising it for the German mainstream is an attack on historical conscience as an inoculation against authoritarian nationalism.

If Germany ’s immunity to totalitarianism is lost, then it will be the political and moral foundation of the EU .