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“A debate has flared up inside the CDU over whether the centre-right party needs to reconsider its current policy of boycotting all forms of cooperation with the AfD.
Up until now, the CDU and its sister party, Bavaria’s CSU, have ruled out coalitions with their hard-right competitor. A resolution passed by the CDU at their 2018 party conference even put this into writing — it states that the party “rejects any coalitions or similar forms of cooperation with the AfD.”
This boycott, colloquially referred to as the Brandmauer (“firewall”), is aimed at keeping the AfD out of power at all costs. For parties on the left, the battle against the hard-right party is often compared to the failed attempts to keep the Nazis from power in the 1930s. The hope on the CDU side has always been that, by making clear that the AfD stands no chance of entering government, they could discourage voters from “wasting” their votes on them.”

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