Johannes Hillje

In the past it has been mainly negative rhetoric, scapegoating migrants, attacking the elite, evoking fear and rage,

• Hillje added
  Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/afd…Sep 19, 02:00

I call it feel-good populism,

• said Johannes Hillje, a Berlin-based political consultant who managed the European Green Party’s 2014 European Parliament campaign
  Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/afd…Sep 19, 02:00

In some parts of East Germany, right-wing extremism is the mainstream culture, and that is why there are no fears of being seen together in public,

• said Johannes Hillje, who researches the far right and is a fellow at the Progressive Center, a left-leaning think tank in Berlin
  The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/09…Sep 4, 09:02

Merz’s premiership is suffering because his personal shortcomings in communication and management are compounded by a structural crisis in the country, the resolution of which requires, above all, sound management and effective communication,

• Hillje said
  Guardiantheguardian.com/world/2026…May 6, 04:00

This argument is much more closely linked to people's everyday lives than abstract geopolitical statements,

• said Johannes Hillje, a political scientist and specialist in ‌the AfD
  Reutersreuters.com/business/soaring…Mar 31, 05:03

The party leadership accepts that the AfD is presented and thought of as a party of expulsion, because that is the concept Martin Sellner presented: that German citizens should be removed from the country. And that is nothing else but expulsion,

• said Hillje
  Deutsche Welledw.com/en/germany…Jan 31, 10:14