When German parliamentarians passed a bill to curb immigration last week, they breached a long-standing norm prohibiting compromise with the country’s extreme right. Now, protesters are out on the streets calling for a ban on the extremist parties that stand to make big gains in German elections later this month. The World’s Marco Werman discusses the situation with Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, an adviser to the Bertelsmann Foundation, a German think tank.
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