AfD stops occasion with Sellner in Brandenburg | EUROtoday

A gathering on the subject of “remigration”, with one of many main figures of the Identitarian Movement (IB), Martin Sellner, “participation only after prior confirmation”, in Brandenburg – the invitation of the AfD politicians Lena and Steffen Kotré for subsequent week is harking back to one other assembly in Brandenburg, which introduced the AfD plenty of consideration and dangerous press in January 2024.

The so-called “secret meeting” in Potsdam, at which, amongst different issues, it was stated that “millions of remigration” could be attainable and the way German residents with a migration background is also expelled from the nation, sparked a lot outrage that tons of of 1000’s demonstrated on the streets in opposition to these plans. The AfD, which is at the moment legally defending itself in opposition to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution’s classification as “secure right-wing extremist”, has since made efforts to downplay the significance of the assembly.

The get together management apparently doesn’t desire a re-creation in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg. The get together leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla whistled the hosts again. As Weidel’s spokesman confirmed to the FAZ, a dialog passed off between the AfD management, the Brandenburg get together chief René Springer and the Bundestag member Steffen Kotré. They really needed to work discreetly to have the assembly canceled. But Chrupalla then instructed “Welt” that the federal spokespersons had contacted the accountable state board and Kotré after the deliberate occasion turned identified. He assumes “that this event will not take place”.

On Friday, Weidel’s spokesman stated that Kotré had canceled the occasion after the intervention. The invitation was nonetheless seen on platform X and was deleted on Friday afternoon. Lena Kotré, who sits within the Brandenburg state parliament, calls herself the “remigration policy spokesperson” and seems a number of occasions in stories from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution by means of her statements, had invited folks to: “Remigration – theory and practice”, together with the Kotrés and Martin Sellner from the IB.

The AfD is topic to a call of incompatibility with the group noticed by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and categorised as “certainly right-wing extremist”. Members of the AfD can’t be within the IB. However, there are shut contacts, particularly amongst youthful AfD members. However, the AfD management doesn’t need to enable any occasions with Sellner and the IB beneath the get together emblem. Weidel’s spokesman instructed the FAZ that this was basically not desired in view of the authorized dispute with the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution over the classification of the AfD.

According to the “Welt” report, Sellner’s persona was mentioned a number of occasions final 12 months within the AfD federal govt committee, the place it was suggested to maintain a distance from the Austrian identitarian; In a ruling final 12 months, the Federal Administrative Court categorised Sellner’s “remigration concept” as violating human dignity and due to this fact unconstitutional.