Düsseldorf: Martin Sellner offers migration lecture on tram – firm is “shocked” | EUROtoday

Martin Sellner needed to provide a lecture about remigration in Düsseldorf. Because the Austrian right-wing extremist mentioned he could not discover a venue within the Rhine metropolis, he moved to an uncommon location – and thus antagonized the native transport firm.

“As you may know, the German police regularly disrupt my readings,” wrote Sellner on Wednesday on X alongside a photograph of himself in entrance of a Düsseldorf tram. In West Germany it is usually virtually unimaginable to even discover a venue. “My last reading in Düsseldorf took place in a tram,” explains the right-wing extremist. “While driving through the city center, I spoke to a full train about remigration. The city and the left-wing press are beside themselves.”

The Rheinbahn apparently solely came upon about Sellner’s occasion via the publish, because it introduced in a press release on Thursday. After “internal research,” the corporate confirmed that the lecture occurred in an oldies practice. “The Rheinbahn had no prior knowledge of a corresponding intention or political use,” it continues.

The constitution journey was booked by a non-public individual as a “private event among friends”. “In addition, information was changed after the trip.” Contrary to the impression given, the particular journey occurred earlier than Easter.

The CEO of Rheinbahn AG, Annette Grabbe, mentioned she was “shocked” when she noticed a video of this journey on the oldie practice. “The Rheinbahn has been deliberately exploited,” criticized Grabbe. The usually booked particular journey was misused for a populist manufacturing. “The actual usage was concealed – and billing information was subsequently changed.”

As a public firm, Rheinbahn AG stands for an open, various and democratic city society. “Our vehicles are part of the public space – and not a place for political campaigns, exclusion or ideological productions,” the Rheinbahn board member continued.

Rheinbahn AG needs to take care of the incident with Sellner

Grabbe introduced that he would totally overview the matter and think about authorized motion. In addition, guidelines, testing processes and journey controls for particular journeys ought to be adjusted in order that “such abuse is ruled out in the future.”

According to a spokesman, the Düsseldorf police are conscious of the incident, in accordance with WDR. However, no investigation has been carried out but as a result of there was no felony criticism and there may be at the moment no proof of criminally related content material.

In the previous, courts have repeatedly handled the Austrian right-wing extremist’s deliberate readings and lectures. Most lately, Sellner efficiently defended himself in opposition to a residence ban on the Karlsruhe Administrative Court. The municipality ofNeuenen (Enzkreis) had already prevented a studying by the Austrian in August 2024.

According to the court docket, the group had argued that Sellner posed a risk to the free democratic fundamental order due to his unconstitutional positions mixed together with his vast attain. It is to be anticipated that he’ll commit crimes equivalent to sedition throughout the studying. Sellner sued in opposition to this.

The court docket upheld the lawsuit. The ban on residence was illegal. The municipality didn’t present adequate proof that there was any worry of a criminally related assertion. In February, the town of Ettlingen (Baden-Württemberg) additionally needed to permit Sellner to seem at an AfD election marketing campaign occasion.