03 April,2017 01:03 PM IST | | AFP
World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm has warned of the rise of populism ahead of September's national elections in Germany and said the right-wing must not be allowed to take power
Philipp Lahm
Berlin: World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm has warned of the rise of populism ahead of September's national elections in Germany and said the right-wing must not be allowed to take power. With six months to go until the German elections, there are fears the right-wing populist party Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) will gain seats in Germany's Bundestag parliament.
"Germany should not be allowed to go right-wing. The wrong ones, the populists should not be allowed to gain more power. We have been working for years to make Germany a cosmopolitan country. We should do everything to make sure it stays that way. We live in a healthy society and that should not be allowed to be lost," said Lahm.
