«Not since 1933 has the far right been as popular before a German election as they are now. Today, voters decide how much power they get in Germany.»

This is the preamble to an article in NRK , the Norwegian Public Broadcaster, finance buy tax payers money, about today’s German elections, written by Zofia Paszkiewicz.

AfD, Alternative für Deutschland, are the new Nazis. This is a widespread attitude among the media and politicians in both Germany and Norway, and of course in rhe legacy medias in the US.

AfD is unlikely to have any political influence, apart from a warning to other parties. They are banned from all forms of political co-operation. NRK contributes by using words such as far-right and linking the party to Hitler’s atrocities.

Does anyone seriously believe that the AfD will set fire to the German parliament, as the Nazis did to increase their support?

Instead, the party behind Germany’s recession, Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic Union) party looks set to regain control. Same shit, new wrapping, in other words.

German newspaper Die Welt recognises that the nation has a problem.

Germany is slipping into dysfunctionality and serious shortcomings. Why is it that so much that was taken for granted for decades is no longer working? And the erosion process is likely to get even worse. What hope does the population have?

NRK focuses differently. The German population seems totally ignored. Merz is a millionaire with his own aeroplane, the Polish journalist points out with ill-concealed disgust. Well, Poles have good reason to dislike Germans, a thing even I grew up with, but maybe one shouldn’t hate the grandchildren of the oppressors?

NRK’s journalist can’t show support for someone who doesn’t live off the state, either as a bureaucrat, public journalist or as a disabled person at the age of twenty-something.

One in five Germans say they will vote for the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). The party promises to close Germany’s borders and send all illegal migrants out of the country. As a result, the party has doubled its support since the last election.

Although the Christian Democrats and the AfD share views on asylum seekers and border controls, they are unlikely to co-operate after the election.

In other words, it’s more important to exclude the AfD than to try to save Germany.

Because AfD is led by a woman who believes Hitler was a communist. This is a good reason why the party is monitored in several states as being far-right.

Wasn’t Hitler’s party more or less National Socialists? Is the state-controlled economy and industry something that the right tends to favour? Is the corporate state right-wing?

Probably Germany will end up with a so-called Kenya government, based on the colours of the flag, which are also the colours of the CDU (black party colour) and the People’s Party FDP (yellow), with the Social Democrats SDP with its red colour.

There are also mutterings about a Jamaica solution, where the SPD with a broken back is replaced by the environmental party Die Grünen. But the Greens are doing rather poorly in the opinion polls.

Whatever the election result, there will be a lot of talk about colours and flags in Germany in the coming weeks.

The election campaign is mostly about the economy and immigration. The Christian Democrats, together with the AfD, have talked about stricter border controls and sending illegal immigrants out of the country.

Both the Social Democrats and the Greens are in favour of a more liberal immigration policy. Passport control at the borders will depend on the election results on Sunday.

The big difference between the parties, however, is economic policy. The Reds and Greens want more social benefits and higher taxes on the rich. The black Christian Democrats want tax cuts and a reduction in unemployment benefits.

«Skinning the rich» is thus also a theme in the German election campaign. Socialism is visible everywhere in Europe.

In a few hours, we’ll know a little more. What we do know is that this is one of the most important elections of the post-war period. But it’s unlikely to have much effect.

CDU-leader Friedrich Merz has allready declared victory, and he is probably right. But what this mean for the German people is a different question.