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Commentary: Young Germans warn us of a future that echoes their history

Young people overseas are paying close attention to American politics, and they are concerned — not only about us but about the impact on them as well. We are a bipartisan group of former members of Congress, having just left office last year, and we traveled together to Germany where we met with university and high school students in Hamburg, Berlin, Potsdam and Dresden. This program is a ...
A man films with a smartphone in front a placard of German far-right Alternative for Germany AfD party with the lettering' Freedom Party' during a campaign event for the upcoming European Parliament elections, and ahead of Saxony's municipal and state elections, in Dresden, eastern Germany on May 1, 2024. Maximilian Krah, who is the AfD's top candidate for June's...

Young people overseas are paying close attention to American politics, and they are concerned — not only about us but about the impact on them as well.

We are a bipartisan group of former members of Congress, having just left office last year, and we traveled together to Germany where we met with university and high school students in Hamburg, Berlin, Potsdam and Dresden. This program is a part of an organization called Former Members of Congress (FMC) and its Congress to Campus initiative. The trip abroad is supported by the German government.

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