A new report by legal experts has found that efforts to ban Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could be successful — but there would be political dangers to such a move.
Banning political parties in democracy has always been a very sketchy and mine-fielded thing. Everyone is obviously shitting bricks up there making these decisions. What if half the population decides you’re taking away their democracy, leading to brutal protests?
I don’t fully understand what you meant by allies in east questioning their ties if Germany does that. You mean Russia? No one outside Germany in the east really supports AfD since they’re anti-EU and very mixed about support towards Russia (there should be none, zero)
EDIT: I’m from East Europe. My country leans left and was amongst the most progressive in the world when it comes to gender equality and rights.
Nations that have right wing politics would likely consider this an attack on the right in general; this includes mainly Russia, but also Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia and (formerly) Hungary.
Banning political parties in democracy has always been a very sketchy and mine-fielded thing. Everyone is obviously shitting bricks up there making these decisions. What if half the population decides you’re taking away their democracy, leading to brutal protests?
Yeah, no that won’t happen. But it will lead to other European countries, particularly the East, to question their ties to Germany if they do that.
I don’t fully understand what you meant by allies in east questioning their ties if Germany does that. You mean Russia? No one outside Germany in the east really supports AfD since they’re anti-EU and very mixed about support towards Russia (there should be none, zero)
EDIT: I’m from East Europe. My country leans left and was amongst the most progressive in the world when it comes to gender equality and rights.
Nations that have right wing politics would likely consider this an attack on the right in general; this includes mainly Russia, but also Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia and (formerly) Hungary.