
How to treat German democracy’s malaise
Johanna Lutz, Ludwig List and Filip Milačić
The answer is not to ban the AfD but to enhance democracy so that citizens think it is worth defending.
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Filip Milačić is senior researcher for democracy and society at FES Democracy of the Future. He is the lead project manager for the project lines Citizens' Assemblies and Polarisation & Democracy.

Johanna Lutz, Ludwig List and Filip Milačić
The answer is not to ban the AfD but to enhance democracy so that citizens think it is worth defending.

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