Protests in Romania, Stirrings in Austria Reinforce a Political Sea Change Emerging Across Europe

Elon Musk may steal headlines with his zeal for Germany’s AfD party, but sentiments are shifting well beyond Berlin.

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The head of Austria's Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, leaves the presidential office at Vienna, January 6, 2025. AP/Heinz-Peter Bader

To the rightist tilt waxing in mainstream European politics there is more going on than Elon Musk’s renewed interest in the affairs of Germany.

The endorsement of the AfD party by the world’s richest man may be causing many Germans to cry election meddling, but developments in nearby Austria and also Romania underscore how political climate change in Germany is now a broadly European phenomenon. 

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