In nine weeks of door-to-door knocking in Erfurt, Lola Mehring and Michel Schlichtenberger had time to perfect their technique: start by ringing the apartments on the highest floors, and then go down. For two months, they have been participating in an operation to encourage the population of this regional capital of Thuringia, in eastern Germany, to mobilize against the far right. Here, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) came out on top in the local elections in 2024. It is led by one of the party’s most radical figures, Björn Höcke.
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