📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with Katja Hoyer to discuss Germany's 2025 election results. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/how-the-afd-divided-germany/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Author of 'Beyond the Wall' Katja Hoyer joins UnHerd's Freddie Sayers to break down the results of Germany's era-defining general election. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 00:35 - Introduction 00:35 - 04:04 - Germany’s Rightward shift 04:04 - 08:40 - Why can’t the German establishment abandon the anti-AfD firewall? 08:40 - 11:00 - Will Germany’s election result boost the Alternative für Deutschland? 11:00 - 13:00 - Is there a lesson for Britain in the German election results? 13:00 - 17:00 - Who is Friedrich Merz? 17:00 - 20:24 - How the AfD conquered East Germany 20:24 - 22:53 - The class divide in German politics 22:53 - 24:30 - Did Elon Musk have any impact? 24:30 - 28:00 - What is remigration? 28:00 - 30:30 - The smaller German parties; Die Linke, BSW and more 30:30 - 32:15 - Germany’s fiscal straitjacket 32:15 - 35:22 - Will the German political crisis continue? 35:22 - 35:44 - Concluding thoughts #UnHerd #Germany #AfD