Here below a very good letter published by the Financial Times on 12 september 2019:
"I'm sorry to say but to read the same argument over again is not very helpful.It promotes well-known resentement and prejudice ("The AfD wolf is at the door in east germany", september 9).What if you were to ask why citizens in the western part of Germany are voting AfD ? In the city of Deggendorf, Straubing and Others, they have gained as much as 18 per cent of the vote.
When asked, people will tell you that the politics of the ruling Christian Democratic Union, with Chancelor Angela Merkel, made them turn away from the party.Its refugee policy and many unsolved problems;its energy policy, with the premature exit from nuclear power;and early pension which gives those aged 63 full compensation, to mention a few, made them look for a new conservative home.
This is also why you find strong new wing within the CDU, called "WerteUnion", a union based on conservative values.The days when Christian social Union chief Franz Josef Strauss declared:"further to the right (of our party) you will only find the wall" are long gone.
Also of this should be also taken into account when you write about the motivation to vote for AfD in the eastern of germany.
Sven Hansen Hochstadt
Sankt Johann, Austria
