Lawfare Daily: Far-Right Gains and a Political Reckoning in Germany
Podcast:The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition Published On: Wed Sep 16 2026 Description: On today's podcast, Executive Editor Natalie Orpett sits down with Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director and Fritz Stern Chair of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, to discuss what’s going on in the German political scene, where a far-right party, the AfD, is making a strong showing in state elections. They talk about what the party stands for, why its emergence is alarming the pro-democracy community, and what it all means for Germany, for Europe, for the United States, and for the future of Western democracies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.