The Political Right Is Losing Its Religion

One of the most surprising consequences of the Alternative for Germany’s spectacular success in two recent German state elections is a war between the radical-right party and the Christian establishment. The AfD wants to end the long-established system of state financial support for the major churches. The churches, which face a loss of subsidies worth €600 million ($675 million) a year nationwide and €40 million a year in Saxony-Anhalt alone, are predictably livid, warning that the change would