Is Germany truly resistant to populism?

The horrors of Nazism and a consistently robust economy have inoculated the country from extremism, but undercurrents of discontent should not be ignored, says Michael Bröning

GERMANY, preparing for this month’s federal election, seems remarkably resistant to the populism that has challenged other Western societies.

With the right-wing, populist, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), and their far-left competitors, Die Linke, both hovering at 10% in the polls, a victory for the chancellor, Angela Merkel, is the most likely result.