The strategy known as "Brandmauer" (firewall) in Germany has been applied by the main German parties to exclude the Alternative for Germany (AfD) from coalition governments and positions of power.
According to the article, this strategy has, so far, managed to prevent the AfD from governing, keeping the far-right party out of the executive at the federal level and in most German states.
However, the article acknowledges that the Brandmauer has failed to halt the party's growth. The AfD has been advancing in polling numbers and winning increasingly more votes in elections.
The title "Es beginnt hier!" (something like "It starts here!") suggests that the article is part of a series or special edition that aims to follow this political dynamic.
