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AfD increasingly described as a sect rather than a party
Original: Man kann eine Sekte prinzipbedingt nicht inhaltlich stellen. Die AfD wirkt zunehmend weniger wie eine politische Partei
Commentators are arguing that Germany's AfD can no longer be engaged with on policy grounds because it operates less like a classical political party and more like a political faith community. The argument holds that the party's appeal stems less from its programme, which even many of its own voters find hard to describe, than from belief and identity, making substantive debate with it impossible in principle.
Why now: Ongoing debate in Germany about how to deal politically with the AfD ahead of elections.
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