‘Now is the time of monsters’: young Berliners despair at far-right surge

<p>Alternative für Deutschland projected to finish second in federal election with about 20% of the vote</p><p>For more than 150 years, the symbolism of the <em>Siegessäule</em>, or Victory Column, in Berlin’s Tiergarten, has shifted alongside German identity: from emblem of the empire to strategic relocation by the Nazis and, finally, its adoption as an icon of Berlin’s legendary love parade.</p><p>On Sunday, as throngs of people gathered in its shadow, the golden statue bore witness to yet another shift – an election that had yielded an emboldened far right in a result that was unprecedented in Germany’s postwar history.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/23/germany-election-young-berliners-despair-far-right">Continue reading...</a>