German Politicians Call For Ban on AfD as Party Surges in Polls
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German Politicians Call For Ban on AfD as Party Surges in Polls
NYT: "The AfD is leading the polls in two states, Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, that will vote next month." The post German Politicians Call For Ban on AfD as Party Surges in Polls first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius and Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Cem Ezdemir today called for the initiation of the procedure to ban the most radical regional branches of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as soon as possible.
The German SPD defense minister and the green prime minister from Baden-Württemberg want to ban individual "völkische" regional associations of the right-wing party. Thus, they position themselves as top candidates of their parties for the next election.
Cem Özdemir and Boris Pistorius want to ban ethnic AfD associations. However, it is questionable whether such a request would be admissible at all.
Germany's right-wing populist party, the AfD, is experiencing a historic surge in support, and the possibility of the first state premier from a former East German state is becoming increasingly likely. With new divisions and support bases different from the past, and the future of the turbulent coalition government uncertain, what is the current state of German politics as it faces its greatest turning point since the war?
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