Scholz sees “case for the protection of the constitution” after AfD assembly | EUROtoday

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BChancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) responded to experiences of a gathering of right-wing extremists and AfD representatives in Potsdam with an pressing attraction. “The fact that we learn from history is not just lip service. “Democrats must stand together,” the Chancellor wrote on Platform

At the Potsdam assembly in November, which was first reported by the media firm “Correctiv”, some radical theses on migration coverage had been mentioned.

The members included a number of AfD politicians equivalent to Roland Hartwig, advisor to celebration and parliamentary group chief Alice Weidel, and Potsdam AfD district chairman Tim Krause.

Ideas of the Identitarian Movement

Martin Sellner, head of the right-wing extremist Identitarian Movement (IB) in Austria lately, introduced concepts there, amongst different issues, on how to make sure that extra foreigners go away Germany and the way folks with a historical past of immigration could possibly be pushed to assimilate.

“We will not allow anyone to differentiate the “we” in our nation based mostly on whether or not somebody has an immigration historical past or not,” commented Scholz. He added: “We protect everyone – regardless of origin, skin color or how inconvenient someone is to fanatics with fantasies of assimilation.”

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