German Defence Minister Calls for a Ban on the AfD
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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.
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The domestic policy spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group, Sebastian Fiedler, has advocated for swift proceedings to ban the most radical state branches of the AfD. He expressly supports the nuanced initiative by Boris Pistorius and Cem Özdemir, Fiedler told the Handelsblatt newspaper. Federal Defense Minister Pistorius (SPD) and Baden-Württemberg's Minister-President Özdemir (Greens) had argued that any ban proceedings should primarily f…
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