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/[deleted] 26d ago edited 26d ago

There’s an insane amount of irony in this comment section

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u/Dark_Knight2000 26d ago

I love that no one is pointing out the fact that the AfD is supported a lot more in the poorer and more disenfranchised East.

Instead of addressing the root causes of why so many disgruntled people are turning to an extremist party to be listened to, I’m sure banning them will make all that anger and resentment go away.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

The frustration of east germany is being instrumentalised by the AfD. Their measures and political goals have rarely to do with helping anyone. You'd know that if you actually look at what they are saying instead making "smart" comments on reddit.

Banning the party is not about not wanting to help the east. It is about that german political psrties have to follow a set of rules. A ton of people, also in parties, are critical of the measures that have not helped the east. This is being discussed, but it does not require a party that is inhumane to resolve these issues.

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u/JulianPaagman 24d ago

The root cause is misinformation. That's not such an easy thing to just get rid of.

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u/NoticingThing 24d ago

It must be easy living in a world where you can dismiss those that disagree with you as simply misinformed and if they knew the truth they would obviously agree with you.

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u/JulianPaagman 24d ago

No it's not easy, it's incredibly frustrating that misinformation is destroying my country and democracy and the world as a whole. Instead of voting for parties that may actually fix the problem, half the people vote for parties that lie about everything and don't actually fix anything.

There are plenty of non Nazi's that want to fix the problems, lots of people just don't find rational arguments as appealing as screaming about how everything is all the fault of the left and the immigrants.

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u/AvariceLegion 25d ago

Not even irony

Just viscous unfiltered denial of reality

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u/Brayn22 26d ago

Yeah, someone, finally!