CDU's Firewall Against AfD Is Burning: Why Not Tear It Down?
Georg Seesslen argues that the CDU's official policy of excluding the far-right AfD is undermined by secret cooperation, calling the 'Brandmauer' (firewall) a deceptive metaphor. He notes that the term, borrowed from architecture, implies a shared structure and merely buys time rather than truly separating. The article questions whether the firewall was ever genuine and warns of the danger of normalizing the far-right.
Key facts
- CDU officially excludes AfD but secretly opens doors to them
- The term 'Brandmauer' is criticized as a misleading metaphor
- A firewall in architecture separates areas of the same building for time gain
- The article is published in Der Freitag
- Author is Georg Seesslen
Entities
Institutions
- CDU
- AfD
- Der Freitag
Locations
- Germany