The political debate in Germany about dealing with extremist movements is intensifying. In the Thuringia state parliament, there were turbulent scenes when members of the AfD disrupted parliamentary proceedings with interjections. Reports suggest that the acting President of the State Parliament decided against imposing disciplinary measures on the AfD parliamentary group leader, Bj"
Political Tensions and Protests Against Extremism in Germany
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Definitions
- Right-wing extremism
- A collective term for political orientations that reject the equality of all people and aim to overcome the democratic constitutional order in favor of an authoritarian or ethnic order.
- Left-wing extremism
- Aspirations that aim to abolish the free democratic basic order in order to establish a communist or anarchist system instead, often accepting violence against state institutions.
- Remigration
- A sociological term for return migration, which is used in the far-right context as an euphemism for the mass expulsion or deportation of people with a migrant background.
- Fundamentalist groups
- Religious or political movements that demand strict adherence to their core principles and often radically reject modern societal developments or other beliefs.
People
- Bj"
- German politician of the AfD, who serves as the parliamentary group leader in the Thuringia state parliament and is classified as a right-wing extremist by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
- Martin Sellner
- Austrian far-right activist and former spokesman for the Identitarian Movement Austria, known for his theses on so-called 'Remigration'.
- Lena Kotr"
- Politician of the AfD and member of the Brandenburg State Parliament, who came under criticism due to her connections with far-right circles.
Locations
- Thuringia
- A federal state in eastern Germany whose state parliament in Erfurt is the site of political disputes surrounding the AfD.
- Cottbus
- A city in southern Brandenburg that was the scene of protests against right-wing violence and attacks on alternative facilities.
- Brandenburg
- A German federal state where political events featuring far-right speakers made supra-regional headlines.
Sources
Die Zeit
Kampf gegen Rechtsextremismus: Hunderte demonstrieren in Cottbus gegen Rechtsextremismus
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