Calls grow in Germany to ban far-right AfD – DW – 10/01/2024
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The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has gained ground in three recent state elections, caused an uproar in the Thuringian parliament and triggering another debate on whether to ban the party outright.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has gained ground in three recent state elections, caused an uproar in the Thuringian parliament and triggering another debate on whether to ban the party outright.

  • Mrs_deWinter@feddit.orgEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    They won’t, in no small part because the AfD has enough seats to block the attempt.

    They cannot block a decision of the federal constitutional court, don’t be ridiculous. Germany has measures in place exactly for this scenario, and they are about to be enforced. They cannot be vetoed away, it’s a legal matter.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      47·
      3 months ago

      They cannot block a decision of the federal constitutional court

      Given the concentration of AfD in the Eastern Block, you’d be inviting the region to pull a Catalonia and threaten to break away.

      Germany has measures in place exactly for this scenario

      Riot police, sure.

      • rooroo@feddit.orgEnglish
        61·
        3 months ago

        They’re free to pull a Catalonia tbh. Glhf without Solizuschlag. It’d also be nice to have my friends move back home from Berlin.

      • crapwittyname@lemm.eeEnglish
        83·
        3 months ago

        Ooh the Nazis are threatening to break away? Oh no! Whatever will we do without them?!
        Fuck them. They can break away and start their own little fourth Reich, which will be a pariah forever. In fact, that’s even better - all the fascists can go to the same geographical location so we can deal with them surgically.