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Politico (26 March 2026)

Nette NÖSTLINGER and Pauline Von PEZOLD

While the party rank-and-file deepens ties with MAGA, far-right chiefs are quietly pressing members to dial back overt displays of affinity for the U.S. president.

Leaders of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) are quietly distancing themselves from U.S. President Donald Trump as backlash over the Iran war grows and important elections loom.

While rank-and-file members of the AfD continue to cultivate contacts with Trump administration officials and MAGA Republicans — and see it as in their long-term interest to do so — the party’s leaders are urging lawmakers to tamp down the overt, public embrace.

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