https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-denmarks-social-democrats-could-teach-germanys-spd/
Germany’s political establishment treats the AfD as a moral aberration rather than a predictable consequence of policy failures. This comfortable delusion allows them to avoid the uncomfortable truth: the AfD exists because mainstream parties have failed to address legitimate concerns. Each percentage point the AfD gains is not evidence of resurging fascism but of establishment malpractice.
The clock is ticking for Germany’s oldest party. Either the SPD will embrace a Danish-style recalibration that acknowledges working-class concerns while maintaining progressive economic policies, or it will continue its slide into irrelevance. The tragedy for German democracy is that as the SPD withers, the space for extremism grows.
For British observers, Germany’s left-wing implosion offers a cautionary tale. Political parties exist to represent voters, not to lecture them. When parties forget this basic truth, voters find alternatives – however unsavory. If the SPD cannot learn this lesson from their Danish counterparts, they may soon find themselves studying it in the political wilderness. The German working class hasn’t abandoned social democracy; social democracy has abandoned them.
https://archive.ph/t3uEH
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