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Far-right politician's historic election raises questions about Germany's future

WBUR

Published October 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM EDT

Earlier this month, a far-right politician was elected speaker of a German regional parliament for the first time since the period of Nazi Germany.

Liana Fix, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of “Germany Rearmed: The Return of War and the End of Illusions,” joins us to discuss what this means for German politics.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.