BSW: Because of response to AfD quote – parliamentary group vice-president in Brandenburg resigns | EUROtoday

In Brandenburg, the deputy BSW state parliamentary group chief Christian Dorst resigned after his response to a controversial AfD assertion in regards to the Nazi period. BSW parliamentary group chief Niels-Olaf Lüders introduced that Dorst had introduced his resignation as parliamentary group deputy. The BSW parliamentary group is at present in a severe disaster after 4 social gathering resignations, which has additionally precipitated the SPD/BSW coalition to falter.

Dorst responded to an announcement by Saxony-Anhalt’s AfD prime candidate for the 2026 state election, Ulrich Siegmund, on Portal In an episode of a “Politico” podcast, Siegmund mentioned when requested whether or not the Nazi period was “the worst of humanity”: “I don’t dare to judge that because I can’t come to terms with humanity as a whole and of course I have to learn from all of humanity’s crimes.”

The earlier BSW parliamentary group deputy Dorst confirmed understanding for the AfD prime candidate’s statements at Siegmund’s assertion could possibly be seen as a “precursor to denying the Holocaust”. “However, you can evaluate it completely differently.” True to the motto: “I know that I know nothing,” defined Dorst. The latter interpretation makes the AfD prime man seem utterly totally different than the previous.

Dorst additionally attacked the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, over a response to Siegmund’s assertion. Schuster had defined: “It is difficult to avoid the impression that Mr. Siegmund’s statements reflect a clear sympathy for the National Socialist era.” Dorst wrote on X that Schuster’s assertion about Siegmund’s assertion was “truly perfidious.” So the impression stays that “for some representatives there are absolutely no limits to the abuse or arbitrary instrumentalization of the Holocaust. Such things disgust me.”

Lüders defined, referring to his social gathering colleague Dorst: “When he resigned, he made it clear that he did not and does not doubt the singularity of the Holocaust.” Lüders additionally wrote: “Christian Dorst’s chosen and increasingly occupied role as a combative political commentator on social media is not compatible with the role of deputy parliamentary group leader. That is why the declaration of resignation is logical.” Dorst will reply personally to the allegations made in opposition to him as quickly as doable.

Crisis within the BSW state parliamentary group

The constructing contractor Dorst has been a member of the Brandenburg state parliament since October 2024. He additionally performs a job within the faction’s present disaster. After 4 BSW MPs left the social gathering, a slender majority rejected the 4’s motions of no confidence in opposition to parliamentary group chief Lüders and deputy Dorst.

It was about two state media contracts that had been controversial within the BSW. Dorst later attacked BSW Finance Minister Robert Crumbach, who’s in favor of state contracts. He urged that he surrender his mandate as a member of parliament.