Berlin, Germany – For Susan, a nursery teacher in Berlin, there is no competition.

She decided to vote her with the hard right Popular Party, the alternative to Deutfand (AFD), or an alternative to Germany, on February 23 in the sudden federal elections in the country.

The elections come after the collapse of the government of Chancellor Olaf Schools, which consists of three concerts in November. The ruling coalition, known as the Light Light coalition, consists of the Democratic Democratic Party in the center of the left (SPD), and the FDP.

Falling with the preference with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for its pro-vaccine location since the Covid-19 pandem Daily.

Eva Muller, a 50 -year -old mother who works as a profession coach in the German capital, plans to support AFD.

“I live in part of Berlin where about 80 percent of the population have a background for immigration, and I have no problem with that,” she said.

“But the deportation policy is not effective and the way AFD is offered, such as fully coercion and the desire to expel them all, not. What is the case that they are concerned about the inability to integrate if there is a surplus.”

Several chapters of AFD have been officially classified as “right -wing extremists” by the intelligence authorities since its inception in 2013.

But last week in the German parliament, The Bundestag, the taboo was broken.

CDU leader Friedrich Mirz-who tends to become the new German adviser-suggested a suggestion for the toughest migration rules, known as the five-point plan, which has passed with the support of AFD.

While the bill was eventually rejected by Bundestag on January 31, the MERZ decision to break the ranks and work with AFD cut through a long -term protection wall by the main political parties in the country that prevented cooperation with the far right.

Amid widespread general and political condemnation, this step attracted thousands of demonstrators to the CDU headquarters in Berlin. Former advisor Angela Merkel Schulz Mirz was accused of “an unforgivable mistake.”

Meanwhile, Germany is still suffering from two deadly attacks within weeks from each other – recently on January 22 in Bavaria when seven people were killed by men who sought to resort to the country.

Analysts say voters’ dissatisfaction with the prevailing political parties of the war in Ukraine and the high cost of living is high.

“The party can attract more voters”

Recent opinion polls indicate that AFD is likely to guarantee second place in the elections, with 21 percent of votes – 10 points behind CDU and the brotherly party, the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Analysts say that AFD-which is one day is a political output-specified for the largest election gains in its 12-year-old history.

Oliviero Angeli, a political scientist at the Technical University in Dresden, told Al -Jazeera that recent tensions in Parliament are likely to reinforce the extreme right in terms of the legitimacy of the party.

“What is wonderful at the present time is the wall of protection that has been built over the past years against AFD now began to collapse. Anjili said:” It has already collapsed at the collective and regional levels, but last week indicates that it has now collapsed at the national level. “

“Until recently, a vote for AFD can be considered a lost vote because you may expect other parties to cooperate with them. But now, people’s opinions may change and the party can attract more voters.”

In addition to AFD’s concerted power, the technical billionaire – Elon Musk – recently appointed by the President of the United States, Donald Trump to lead the Ministry of Government Efficiency in his administration – has wandered greatly in the elections with a series of interventions.

He hosted a tied interview on the X platform he owns with AFD president Alice Widel. On January 25, he appeared via Videolink at a party meeting; Two days before the day of the Holocaust anniversary, he told the delegates to give up the Nazi guilt.

“It is good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose this in a kind of culture that relieves everything.”

But Jacob Gul, the first manager of the digital research unit at the Institute of Strategic Dialogue in London, told Al -Jazeera that he was not convinced of the effect of musk.

He admitted, although “is just an unprecedented dynamic” as a leadership platform for social media and has powers to form the public discourse is “clearly weighing behind one political party, which is particularly controversial.”

“Remigration”

Earlier of her election campaign, AFD described the “Remigration” policy – a national term used to describe people sending to their home countries.

The other main parts of its statement, which was announced last month, included a crowd of more than 600 delegates in Saxony in the AFD stronghold, to re -submit Deutsche Mark as the national brand in Germany, and reject green transition policies, and educational reforms related to sexual studies.

Analysts said that although the party is unlikely to win, its position on hot issues such as migration will shake the largest economy in Europe – perhaps leading to turmoil throughout the continent.

“They have a growing impact on public opinion, and as we saw last week, on politics, as other political parties move to the right,” Angeli says.

“You will definitely not necessarily be considered in parts of the east, if you are between 18 to 24 years old and AFD vote.” “It is also good to be good among the voters of the working class who are concerned about the economy, and people who believe that we spend a lot of money on people coming from abroad, and supporting war in Ukraine is likely to be against them in the first place.”

Returning to Berlin, the AFD Susan, her view of nostalgia for Germany’s previous attempts in cultural pluralism.

She said: “When I was at school, we had foreigners in the classroom, they were merged because they could speak the German language properly and they had parents working.” “The standards have changed now and I no longer see this balance. I feel I am in the best hands with AFD.”