Germany’s governing coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD), increasingly desperate to cling to power as the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) continues to hammer them in the polls, is turning ever more totalitarian.
For a start, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has made it clear that he wants to end anonymity on the internet.
“I want to see real names on the internet. I want to know who is speaking,” Merz said back in February. “In politics, we engage in debates in our society using our real names and without visors.”
