Politics● Elevated30m ago · Nov 11, 2026, 8:58 AM
Democracy and Authoritarianism in Germany: "More and more Germans are leaning on an authoritarian exoskeleton"
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Die Zeit · Germany · Western Europe
A new study documents how many Germans now long for an end to democracy. Study director Oliver Decker explains how it came to this.
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