Posted on 07/06/2025 7:55:06 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – briefly putting it ahead of now-Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right party – in the weeks after February’s federal election.
At the same time, the AfD is facing growing calls for an outright ban, most recently from another major political party.
In May, the country’s domestic intelligence agency formally classified the AfD as an extremist entity that threatens democracy. In a 1,100-page report, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or BfV, also laid out its findings that the party was racist, anti-Muslim, and devaluing of “entire segments” of Germany’s population.
That move, which enables the BfV to better monitor the group , has reignited attempts to impose a ban, despite the party claiming a significant 20.8% of the vote in February’s national election – the best performance by a far-right party in the country since World War II.
The AfD has also enjoyed very vocal support from the Trump administration, with Tesla billionaire Elon Musk – who has since left his position in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – urging Germans to vote for the party in the run-up to the election. More recently, both US Vice President, JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have criticized Germany’s decision to classify the AfD as extremist.
On Monday, the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), which is currently serving as the junior coalition partner in Berlin’s conservative-led government, voted unanimously to begin efforts to outlaw it.
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Yeah because they might win.
Its the new democracy of the 21st century all the buzz wording and shibboleths but dont ask for freedom.
I don’t think the Germans have clue one about whys and hows of self-governance.
opposition political party to be banned in the name of democracy
it must be done to save democracy
We’re still in NATO...why?!
“Saving” democracy by banning political parties—clever!
If you can’t beat ‘em, ban ‘em!
Ah, that good old European democracy.
Ban your political opponents.
“At the same time, the AfD is facing growing calls for an outright ban, most recently from another major political party.
Yeah because they might win.”
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Same thing we’d do if something like the Communist Party actually started gaining ground as a competitive political choice in the USA. Look at the outrage here over the NY City mayor clown.
And we all know what happened next.
Huh?
That clown is a normal Democrat primary winner. You expect Republicans to ban Democrats because of that?
You have no mental idea of equivalency.
At all.
THat’s how Unser Demokratie works: You can vote for anyone we approve.
Soon they’ll have to go underground!
Are the copying the DNC?
I’m just waiting for a “Reichstag fire” type event.
The German state will arrange something outrageous. It could be as extreme as the bombing of a mosque, or as mild as an undercover agent giving the Hitler salute at an AfD rally.
Then poof! The AfD is banned, and its leaders are arrested.
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Diese Typen sind Schwuchteln! Jeff Spicoli
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