https://abusch.org/tags/migration/ Recent content in Migration on Andreas Busch Hugo de Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:02:53 +0200 https://abusch.org/presentations/2026-06-19-vortrag-epss-belfast-migration-afd/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:02:53 +0200 https://abusch.org/presentations/2026-06-19-vortrag-epss-belfast-migration-afd/ My talk at the inaugural conference of the European Political Science Society (EPSS) in Belfast focused on the question how the rise of the AfD can be explained in a country that has long lacked a right wing extremist party. Using GLES data from 2009 to 2025, I argue that this can best be explained by a change in supply of a long wanted policy issue, <em>not</em> by a shift to the right in the German population or a hardening of their positions on migration.