And yet they don’t want to initiate the procedure to ban the fascist party.
Most of the supposedely democratic parties in Germany currently work either as “Steigbügelhalter” the guy who holds the horse saddle stirrup, for the lord to get on. Or they work as “Totengräber” the grave diggers of democracy, by standing by idly and accepting the loss of democratic principle and creating social and economic situations that fuel the fascists propaganda.
And yet they don’t want to initiate the procedure to ban the fascist part
I’m for doing that in general, but I think doing that now would be pretty dumb. If you want to initiate the procedure you better make sure your case is air tight, everything else would be a desaster. Only some regional organizations have been designated extremist so far and some only recently. So a lot of the gathering of evidence has started and surely there will be more to come.
What? They just met with known neo nazis to form a plan to deport even people with german passports.
Who’s “they”? The afd related person sitting most closely to the Afd leadership was “let go” from his position in response to the revelations. And all of them claim they were there in private capacity.
Without further evidence that is hardly worth all that much in front of a court.
How long should they keep waiting? Until the AfD has won the election and Höcke declares himself Führer? It would be a tiny bit too late by then.
@Localhorst86@feddit.de commented a part of aspeak of the high ranking party member Alice Weidel here.
It is classic Nazi rhetoric and uses the same scapegoat that Anders Breivik used to justify the mass murder of more than 70 teenagers in Norway.
Also if it would be ruled that the party in its entirety does not justify a ban yet, but its local branches that do, would get banned, that would effectively destroy them too. Also other measures that could be deemed appropriate, like blocking their funds, banning various associated organizations etc. would all help.
Meanwhile i dont think there is anyone, who likes their fascist ideology, but doesnt vote for them on the basis of uncertainty, about their democratic legitimation. Nobody that follows fascist ideology cares about democratic values or the constitution.
It is classic Nazi rhetoric and uses the same scapegoat that Anders Breivik used to justify the mass murder of more than 70 teenagers in Norway.
It’s awful, but I’m not sure how exactly you think that would factor in or be relevant in a possible court case. I’m fairly certain the bar of evidence is a bit higher than “they share talking points with other Nazis”.
