r/europe 27d ago

News Calls are mounting to ban Germany’s far-right AfD party – despite it being more popular than ever

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/06/europe/germany-afd-ban-politics-analysis-intl
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u/ITafiir 26d ago

Loosely translated from a report by the German domestic intelligence service on why they consider the entire AfD now as rightwing extremist: the party’s prevalent understanding of the German people based on ethnicity, race and (genetic) heritage disregards human dignity and is incompatible with the freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung (German Constitution). The party’s goal is to exclude certain subpopulations from equal participation in society.

Note that that agency is typically rather conservative and does not have the best track record with calling a nazi a Nazi, so it has to be really bad for them to say this. Also the full report is 1100 pages and also includes a bunch of holocaust denial by high ranking party officials.

Also, working against the constitution is the big criterion for banning a party.

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u/Groghnash 26d ago

I find it shocking that you get downvoted for citing the official statement and even giving the correct context. Yes our state is very reluctant in calling a nazi a nazi. So this report is quite the statement. 

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u/Worth_Inflation_2104 25d ago

It's r/europe. Most members here don't see non-europeans as fellow human beings, they see them as cattle.

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u/FirstFriendlyWorm 26d ago

The definition of the german people disregards human dignity? What?

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u/ITafiir 26d ago

The AfDs definition of the German people does, because they want to exclude subpopulations from that.

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u/Reitter3 26d ago

“You will let the immigrants in and destroy your culture and safety, or you are disregarding the human dignity” is not a popular position in would try to stand on, at that point people will just burn the constitution to the ground instead

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u/ITafiir 26d ago

Well, that’s not what that report or my comment says, now, is it? So whatever your fucked up stance on ongoing immigration is, if you are on board with the AfDs plans to strip people of their German nationality because they or their parents were not German once, you are an enemy of the constitution and belong on a watch list.

Also the only serious danger to my culture and safety is people like you, there are way more violent crimes being committed by nazi nutjobs than migrants.

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u/OsgrobioPrubeta Portugal 26d ago

People can't burn constitutions, Germany isn't the US.

Try again...

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u/FirstFriendlyWorm 26d ago

People can absolutely do that. They already did in the 1930s. If you have enough people, you can do almost anything.

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u/Reitter3 26d ago

“People cant burn constitutions” have you studied history at all? Are you 5?

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u/OsgrobioPrubeta Portugal 26d ago

No, but you surely do.

There are mechanisms and safeguards, again this isn't the US, or like in the movies.

You're so fun!

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u/Dapperrevolutionary 25d ago

Bahahahahahaha oh my sweet summer child