Schaeuble Says German Post-Nazi Immunity to Populists Is Waning

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the spread of populist movements to Germany suggests that the country’s rejection of nationalism following the Nazi era is showing cracks.

“I really thought we wouldn’t see this happen in Germany,” Schaeuble said in a speech in Berlin on Wednesday. “I thought that our Nazi legacy had the one advantage that we’re immune to this kind of thing. We’re not completely immune anymore.”