In recent months, a ban of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) appeared to be inching closer and closer, but now a key voice has clearly spoken out against such a move. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has now said that voting on an AfD ban in the Bundestag is not the right path, saying it “smacks too … Continue reading German democracy still alive? Merz speaks out against AfD ban, says it ‘smacks too much of the elimination of political rivals’