Summary
German lawmakers are debating whether to pursue a ban on the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), but many fear the move could backfire ahead of the Feb. 23 national election.
The proposal, backed by 124 lawmakers, seeks a court review of whether the AfD is unconstitutional.
Critics, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, warn a failed attempt could strengthen the party, which is polling at 20%.
The debate underscores concerns over the AfD’s extremism but also the risks of fueling its anti-establishment narrative.
“I just can’t decide whether or not to get rid of the Nazis. It’s not like anything bad happened before…”
And as we all remember, when the Nazi Party was banned 100 years ago, the problem was solved, just like that, and nothing at all happened afterwards.
It was solved for decades. Sorry it wasn’t solved for an infinity number of years like you think it should have been.
I’m talking about the Beer Hall Putsch. Not the end of WW2, as that would 80 years ago.
Okay, and the Nazi party got outlawed after WWII and things seemed to do well for most of those 80 years.
Do you think that was because of the ban on the NSDAP or because of the unconditional surrender, execution of influential personnel and subsequent occupation of Germany?
I think that there were no Nazis left to run the party by the 1980s and Germany was still fine.
Not like anything bad happened last time Germany started banning political parties…
I mean, I would ban them in a heartbeat, but I get their caution.
What was the difference last time? I’m sure you know.
Didn’t you know that there’s very fine people on both sides?
I thought most Germans disagreed with that, but apparently not enough.
More than half of Germany has no issue working with Nazis
https://www.yahoo.com/news/survey-narrow-majority-germans-support-114418390.html
I guess German schools did not try hard enough teaching kids history.