>Vance did not meet with Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor who should be among the US’ key partners in negotiations with Russia over the future of the war in Ukraine. “We don’t need to see him, he won’t be chancellor long,” one former US official told Politico of the Vance team’s approach.
Just the Vice President of the United States blatantly trying to influence German domestic politics.
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Fash recognizes fash
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YANKEE GO HOME
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Very cool and normal
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>In May, the AfD was expelled from a pan-European parliamentary group of populist far-right parties after a string of controversies, including a comment by the senior AfD figure that the Nazi SS had been “not all criminals”.
This is something that needs to be repeated ad nauseam when it comes to AfD. They were **too extreme** for the likes of Le Pen, FPÖ, and the (Czech) SPD. Tells you all you need to know.
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>[JD Vance](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jd-vance) has met with the leader of Germany’s far-right [Alternative für Deutschland](https://www.theguardian.com/world/alternative-fur-deutschland-afd) party, breaking a taboo in German politics as the [Trump administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration) continues to court and promote far-right populist parties across Europe. […]
>Vance did not meet with Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor who should be among the US’ key partners in negotiations with Russia over the future of the war in Ukraine. “We don’t need to see him, he won’t be chancellor long,” one former US official told Politico of the Vance team’s approach.
Just the Vice President of the United States blatantly trying to influence German domestic politics.
Fash recognizes fash
YANKEE GO HOME
Very cool and normal
>In May, the AfD was expelled from a pan-European parliamentary group of populist far-right parties after a string of controversies, including a comment by the senior AfD figure that the Nazi SS had been “not all criminals”.
This is something that needs to be repeated ad nauseam when it comes to AfD. They were **too extreme** for the likes of Le Pen, FPÖ, and the (Czech) SPD. Tells you all you need to know.