The Big Picture
Vincent Boland: Rise of radical right afflicts ailing Germany in year of disenchantment
There are enough reasons for angst in Europe’s largest country but growing support for the AfD is the gravest threat facing it
Germany is grinding to a halt. A six-day train strike began on Wednesday as railway workers demanded a shorter working week, crippling the economy and commerce with some of its neighbours. The strike is evidence of the poor state of the railways, and of a breakdown in relations between employers and unions that used to be unheard of in Europe’s largest country.
It reflects something else, too – the extraordinary funk Germany has fallen into ...
