my guest is senior md mp peter boehringer. but is his party too extreme to be a serious contender for national power? peter boehringer in berlin, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen, and thank you for having me again. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. now, it seems almost certain — not quite official yet, but almost certain — that germans will vote in national elections in february 2025. that poses a challenge for your afd party. how ambitious are you? what are your expectations for your performance in this national election? the official polling numbers are 18 to 19% on a federal level. obviously very different in the east compared to the west of germany, but still it's something between 15 and 33% where we're polling regionally. and so i think we should aim at a 20% number. let's see whether we'll get there. i guess the problem for the md is that you have one key issue on your platform that you push all the time to german voters — that is your very strong anti—immigration position. but what we see is that the other ma

my guest is senior afd mp peter boehringer.ringer in berlin, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen, and thank you for having me again. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. now, it seems almost certain — not quite official yet, but almost certain — that germans will vote in national elections in february 2025. that poses a challenge for your afd party. how ambitious are you?