Germany is historically a Christian country, the birthplace of the Reformation, and a stronghold of Western civilization. Although much of the nation has secularized, the remnants of Christian Germany are still visible in places. If Germany as a nation survives, those historic roots could serve as the foundation for Christian revival.

With the recent American election and important appointments to President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet capturing the news, it is easy for Americans to have missed important, perhaps historical, events abroad. For Germany in particular, much has happened.

The three-party “traffic-light” coalition government collapsed in November. The unsteady alliance of the Social Democrats, the Greens (Leftists with an emphasis on environmental issues), and the Free Democrats (pro-business, classical liberal) was bound to fail, and after the no-confidence vote in Chancellor Olaf Scholz on December 16^th, a federal election will take place on February 23, 2025.

The Social Democrats’ failure of leadership has led many to presume that the other major centrist party, the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) will become the dominant partner in a new coalition government. Angela Merkel, the former long-time German Chancellor, is part of the CDU. German media brands the CDU as “center-right,” yet it is under Merkel’s CDU leadership that Germany adopted mass migration policies that have reshaped Germany in recent years.

Recent polling has shown decreased support for the establishment parties, and a rise in support for alternatives. Perhaps most importantly, the Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), has gained upwards of 30% of support in Eastern states and around 20% nationwide.

The AfD represents the one viable alternative to the globalist/liberal hegemony in Germany. Unsurprisingly, the party is labelled as “far-right” or “extreme” by both the media and the German government. The party is a threat to “democracy.” Sound familiar? The AfD is opposed to globalism, stating clearly their hopes for a sovereign, democratic, nation-state. The party seeks to promote a welcoming culture for children and to support the traditional family. Perhaps most importantly for Germany’s continued existence, the AfD opposes mass-migration and seeks to begin the process of re-migration for non-Germans to return to their home nations.

On December 20^th, this issue of re-migration was brought to the fore. In Magdeburg, a Saudi citizen named Taleb al-Abdulmohsen drove a car into a crowded Christmas market and killed 5 people and injured 200. Taleb had previously made threats online against Germans that had been reported to the police. Predictably, German media has responded strongly to condemn protestors who are calling for deportations as “neo-Nazis.”

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