The fall of East Germany, which led to mass unemployment in the East (including Saxony-Anhalt). The Thatcher-Reagan-style reforms that the Social Democrats and

The fall of East Germany, which led to mass unemployment in the East (including Saxony-Anhalt). The Thatcher-Reagan-style reforms that the Social Democrats and Greens pushed through in the early 2000s, which reduced the social safety net and created new types of less-secure temporary work. In particular, these reforms ended the Social Democrats as a mass party in Germany. The 2008 financial crisis, which weighed heavily on Europe for years. The rise in inflation, caused by Covid and wars in Ukraine and Iran. As in the 1930s, right-wing parties blame everything on immigrants, foreigners and minorities, even though they're not responsible for any of the above.