my guest is peter boehringer, vice chairman of the md.his party stirring sentiments that threaten german stability? peter boehringer in munich, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, stephen. good to hear you again. well, it's great to have you on the show. and i dare say you are delighted to look at german national opinion polls which put your afd party at 20%—plus in terms of public support. but you know as well as i do that federal elections don't come until 2025. how sure are you that you and the party can keep this level of support up? well, you can never be100% sure here, especially mid—term. the opposition usually is better off because at the end of the terms, the coalition parties, the government do things that please the people, so that might be difficult. and in afd's case, they usually do a lot of things defaming us. so we're expecting something... on the other hand, well, if they continue governing like this, we shouldn't go down in the polls. the problem is it looks like it's mostly a negative vote. germans, according to the po

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my guest is peter boehringer, vice chairman of the afd.e to hardtalk. good afternoon, stephen. good to hear you again.

my guest is peter boehringer, vice chairman of the afd.

and i'm joined by peter boehringer, a member of the deutsche bundestag and a vice chairman of the afdyou are loathed by the political establishment in germany . there establishment in germany. there are 1 or 2 of your members who have made comments that might be unwise, but what have you done to deserve the threat of being banned ? banned? >> well , first of all, thank >> well, first of all, thank you, nigel, for having us having me tonight . we have met 1 or me tonight. we have met 1 or 2 times in berlin and in brussels , but you wouldn't remember. so well, what have we done ? well, well, what have we done? well, well, what have we done? well, we have been following a very legal and democratic program for ten years now , and nothing wrong ten years now, and nothing wrong with that. if it were wrong or even extreme , then parties like even extreme, then parties like the christian democrats or the liberal democrats some 30 years ago would have been extremely themselves because it's not so much different. what we would like to do and where we would like to do and where we would like to

and i'm joined by peter boehringer, a member of the deutsche bundestag and a vice chairman of the afd, you are loathed by the political establishment in germany . there establishment in germany. there are 1 or 2 of your members who have made comments that might be unwise, but what have you done to deserve the threat of being banned ? banned? >> well , first of all, thank >> well, first of all, thank you, nigel, for having us having me tonight . we have met 1 or me tonight. we have met 1 or 2 times in berlin and in brussels , but you wouldn't remember. so well, what have we done ? well, well, what have we done? well, well, what have we done? well, we have been following a very legal and democratic program for ten years now , and nothing wrong ten years now, and nothing wrong with that. if it were wrong or even extreme , then parties like even extreme, then parties like the christian democrats or the liberal democrats some 30 years ago would have been extremely themselves because it's not so much different. what we would like to do and where we would like to do and where we would like t