That triggered a surge in regional elections, giving the party seats in all of Germany’s 16 federal states. Mr Reichelt stated that Bild would cover any news regarding the populist party, which serves as the official opposition in the German Bundestag, but said his paper would not offer a platform for members of the party.. The AfD also asked the court to look at allegations that "calls to boycott the AfD" have been published by Merkel's government on its official websites. They are the best Germans, thus they're harrassed and investigated.The feds will try to get them all to work for them; that's how they do it rather than put them in prison. Plus this is seen as interference in a state election in the interests of party politics. Bundestag MPs, nervous of losing their seats in the 2021 autumn election, have sent a letter to party leaders complaining about the in-fighting and demanding greater focus on policy.Feuding party leaders have been unable to capitalise on scepticism in some quarters to EU leaders’ multibillion Covid-19 emergency measures.


The next few months will be a crucial test; we have to get him re-elected first, then we can assess how best to proceed against this vicious enemy.

Federal Executive Board co-chairmen Joerg Meuthen and Tino Chrupalla comment on the court action"Anyone who, as head of government during an official state visit, uses the international stage to delegitimize the result of democratic elections in Germany, The Federal Government and the Federal Chancellor have published this declaration on their respective state websites to this day.

Talk about controlling!!

It's shocking to most Americans how suddenly this grew to outsize proportions (shades of revolutionary Russia 1917) and how much of the elected political class is accepting it. Similarly, the party has neither managed to tap into pandemic anxiety nor the growing frustration among some people over Covid-19 lockdown measures.In March the party demanded that the government shut Germany’s national borders, with some figures suggesting migrants were to blame for the virus spread. The Afd has charged Merkel with:"The use of the international stage to delegitimize the results of democratic elections in Germany and to issue a coalition ban. And why did Kemmerich resign? Have lost patience with almost any reading at all, and usually just listen to selected Youtube vids while frantically working on my train foaming designs in Google Earth - my "Nazi Plot to Take Over the World". Politically, the CDU doesn't want any party to the right of itself; that explains part of their wish to destroy the AfD.

"The AfD Group welcomes the fact that the FDP is taking up our demand for a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag, because a debt union, as Merkel and Macron want it, violates the law in force (Art.

You're a true comrade.I would say that Kemmerich, as an FDP member, wants and chose to cooperate with the CDU and the "established" parties. He forced through the expulsion, insisting Mr Kalbitz – and other more extreme AfD figures – are a danger to the party’s long-term viability.With the leadership divided, and neither side backing down, senior party officials see no resolution to the stand-off in sight, just over a year before Germany’s federal election.Stay on top of the latest news with our daily newsletters each morning, lunchtime and evening Hi Bruce, thanks for the article. Well, at least the lines are clearly drawn.Thank you for your well wishes and your support of our beleaguered president. (Having reserves of force in hand, is good.)

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AfD won a different lawsuit in the top court against conservative CSU Interior Minister Horst Seehofer for violating neutrality rules. "What you've said here means a lot to me.

(Hell surely they couldn't fault us for that.) The FDP (business-friendly Free Democrats) joined the AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) in adopting a two-thirds majority approval as a condition for the EU-Corona aid package being recommended to the European Union. DIREKTKONTAKT. The Federal Constitutional Court is therefore called upon to establish the illegality of the Chancellor's actions.“But that's not all: the Federal Government, led by Mrs Merkel, is still spreading this unconstitutional call for a boycott against the AfD on an official website. Naturally the NY Times has a lot of loose ends in their narrative: They do tend to be expansive. I only wish there were more of them than there are.

Photograph: Ronald WittekA leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has admitted his party is facing a split unless it can resolve an emotive row over a controversial regional figure.The party is divided over the decision to throw out Brandenburg’s AfD leader Andreas Kalbitz for failing to declare membership of an extremist organisation when he joined the party.Forced out by more moderate AfD members, Mr Kalbitz is a leading figure among the far-right faction inside the party which enjoys the support of nearly half the party membership nationwide. The government should have recently informed its Constitutional Minister Seehofer that taxpayers' money must not be used to attack the political opponent."

It does sound like they're very active, but NY Times would want to make it look that way.