I think he is talking about CDU here, not AfD. I think. Not sure even if he knows. Probably saw Conservative and thought welp right-wing.

Somebody should make a joke about that high price is just market economics, a question of supply and demand and he shouldn't really complain but that person probably isn't me.

Congratulations Raf!

I don't mean to promote my stuff shamelessly, but Jusos is referred to as a 'stopping force' in this, so it's definitely on point :) Even if party actors don't protest publicly, lack of support still undermines the effort. They must buy the shift first, and then the electorate can get on board.

I'd humbly add that 'how' they shift and the politicians' agency also matter. A lot of convincing and ideological 'reconstruction' was involved in the Danish case. If the shift is perceived as "we are doing this because we need votes," it backfires, first within the party and then with the voters.

MacWhisper is pretty amazing.

No Scholz is an admission of failure/responsibility. If Pistorius, why run a (potentially) winning candidate in a race that they will most likely lose? And he would need to "shift" to the right on many issues even to have a chance, which would upset the party base - why add fuel to the fire?

The same goes for the Danish-German border, where Denmark has long imposed border checks. Basically, experts and data, including the police union, showed that checks were ineffective, a waste of personnel, time, and effort, and mostly worked as symbolic/gesture policies.

May I suggest myself for the list? A considerable part of my work is about German social democrats.

Could you add me as well please? My research focuses quite a lot on intra-party dynamics :)

Only tags at the moment but I am planning to extend it to (official) party and politician accounts as it gets more widespread. Any suggestions?