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Church in Germany
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German bishops v. the AfD: Who’s winning?

The bishops condemned the party, but it has just claimed a ‘historic’ election victory.

Luke Coppen
Sep 02, 2024
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In February, Germany’s bishops took the rare step of condemning a political party by name. 

On Sept. 1, that party won its first state election, in what observers described as a “political earthquake” in Western Europe’s most populous nation.

AfD election posters in the German state of Saxony. Lupus in Saxonia via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). 

Has the bishops…

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