German Mainstream Scrambles to thwart Rising Popularity of the Far Right January 27, 2024 Unipro2013main News, World News </p> <h2>German mainstream scrambles to thwart rising popularity of the far right </h2> <p> The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has partially classified as right-wing extremist, is enjoying record highs in opinion polls.<br /> At the same time, hundreds of thousands of people have been taking to the streets to demonstrate against the anti-immigration party.</p> <p>The German Bundestag is also debating how to deal with the AfD, with the three governing parliamentary factions — the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP)— submitting a motion on the issue. The topic: “Resilient democracy in a diverse country — a clear stand against the enemies of democracy and their plans of forced displacement.”</p> <p>The move was prompted by a media report about a meeting last fall of right-wing extremists, attended by AfD officials as well as members of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The gathering is said to have been about plans for the so-called remigration, or expulsion, of millions of people who have immigrated to Germany.</p> <p>In the parliamentary debate, Bernd Baumann, the AfD’s parliamentary secretary and chief whip in the German parliament, told lawmakers the meeting was no more than a “small, private debate club,” but not a “secret meeting dangerous to the public.”</p> <p>But Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) called it “an active effort to shift borders and to spread contempt for democracy and misanthropy into the heart of society.”<br /> Faeser said she could also imagine banning the party — but only as a last resort.<br /> Credit to : DW News </p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here :
