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Politico (31 January 2025)

Chris Lunday

“Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative chancellor.

Sebastian Kurz couldn’t resist the urge to say: told you so.

The former Austrian chancellor told German tabloid Bild in comments published Friday morning that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-border policies were a direct catalyst for the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which is polling in second place ahead of Feb. 23’s national election.

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