Friday, May 9, 2025

A worrying first time in post war Federal Germany

Approximately two weeks ago  Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party was designated as right-wing extremist by the country's Federal Office for theProtection of the Constitution.

"The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party is incompatible with the free democratic order," the Domestic Intelligence Agency said in a statement.


On Tuesday Friedrich Merz was elected in the Bundestag German Chancellor on the second vote. It is the first time in the history of the Federal Republic that a nominated candidate was not elected on the first ballot.


US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance accused Germany of behaving in a tyrannical manner. The Germans immediately replied, informing the US authorities that the Germans well know the evils of right-wing regimes.


These are worrying times for Germany without the United States interfering  and getting it so wrong. in Germany’s internal affairs. 



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