THE LATEST | CANADAWatson: What the AfD is seeking in the US is more than ideological common ground. The party is openly seeking political influence. According to Reuters , Kay Gottschalk says he wants to “raise awareness among Republican circles about the problems in Germany.”
According to the newspaper “Welt,” AfD foreign policy expert Jan Wenzel Schmidt is hoping for concrete help, for example from Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Rubio or Vice President JD Vance, to prevent a party ban. Markus Frohnmaier says: “The Americans will exert pressure on Chancellor Merz in their own political interest...