our conservative parties are turning into right wing extremists
Not really.
They are not extremists per se and the CDU/CSU has always had a populist right wing.
One of the more positive aspects of Merkel as party leader was that she managed to keep the more extreme voices in the Union somewhat in check and (at least temporarily) shift their social policy slightly more left (or rather less right).
Now that Merz and his ilk are gaining power again we just see them bouncing back to their old mindset from the last millennium.
they want to deny people their human rights as guaranteed by multiple international agreements Germany also has signed.
They want to deny people the opportunity to live and work in Germany despite knowing that it will seriously garm our economy and turn the social systems like pension upside down.
They work together with the AfD to harm democracy and democratic institutions and processes in order to do the equivalent of “owning the libs”. They helped to stall the government formation in the state of thuringia and caused a two year government crisis, simply to deny the state government to be run by the left party, who won the election.
On the local level they work together to close youth centers, theaters and other places were the civil society is active, when they dont agree with their positions and promote ideas like respext and tolerance.
This isn’t populism anymore. They are happily helping to bury democracy and liberal values.
