Will a Merkel Return Halt AfD Momentum?

The AfD is growing and refusing to moderate its positions, unlike the Meloni or Le Pen movements.

Alice Weidel argues that losing cheap Russian energy has hurt German industrial competitiveness, a true but heretical stance in Germany.

The loss of cheap Russian energy imports has deprived German industry of its competitiveness.

Germany's economy will worsen due to low gas reserves, lack of winter preparation, tense oil markets, and insufficient LNG.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz is a total dud whose unpopular property taxes have further undermined his support.

Polling suggests the AfD will win a majority in Saxony-Anhalt, allowing it to form its first government and gain Bundesrat representation.

The German establishment and the Greens are spending heavily in Saxony-Anhalt specifically to prevent the AfD from forming a majority government.

Demands to ban the AfD will intensify after a potential win, and the EU will likely bypass constitutional obstacles, but banning them risks severe destabilization.

The globalists might try to co-opt the AfD from within to neutralize it, similar to the approach used with Meloni in Italy.

The establishment has been trying to co-opt and divide the AfD for a decade, but pressure has only made the party more disciplined.

The greatest risk to the AfD is an 'Orbán approach' where the EU and Berlin starve an AfD government of funding to force it to fail.

An AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt will exponentially increase the chances of Merz stepping down and Merkel potentially returning to politics.

Rumors suggest that Merkel may replace President Steinmeier when he steps down.