Unity under strain

Unity under strain Germany’s president used reunification day to warn that extremist rhetoric and disinformation were threatening the country’s cohesion. Frank-Walter Steinmeier raised the danger of divisions resembling the Weimar era, while making no explicit reference to a political party. The warning follows September state elections in which the AfD came first in two eastern states. But Steinmeier also challenged established politicians: they should examine what governments have failed to…