Germany: CDU MP questions ‘firewall’ against AfD party, says if half of Germans vote for the center-right, ‘then there must also be center-right politics’ (opens in new tab)

Saskia Ludwig, the Christian Democrat (CDU) member of the Bundestag from Brandenburg, is stirring the political pot by questioning the “firewall” aimed at isolating the Alternative for Germany (AfD). Her view breaks with the mainstream of the party, but is also a view increasingly shared in the east of Germany, where the AfD is strongest. […]