Is Ulrich Siegmund the most dangerous man in Germany? - podcast
Ulrich Siegmund, the charismatic young leader of the AfD party in Saxony-Anhalt, has been labelled Germany’s most dangerous man by Der Spiegel.
John Kampfner explains why The German news magazine Der Spiegel has long had a taste for provocation.
But one of its cover stories last month really captured people’s attention.
It carried a picture of a young east German politician called Ulrich Siegmund.
He looked pretty good, his chin covered with designer stubble, his hair combed into a neat quiff, his green eyes staring right into the camera, under the headline “ Der gefährlichste Mann Deutschlands ”: Germany’s most dangerous man.
You might think Siegmund would hate that Spiegel cover.
Far from it.
On the campaign trail in recent weeks he has been autographing copies: he even filmed himself signing one for his 800,000 TikTok followers.
If the polls are correct, Siegmund could soon become the first far-right leader of a German state since Adolf Hitler’s time.
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