Germany is facing internal division as its constitution fails to unite the country. The government's crackdown on right-of-centre beliefs using RICO-like laws is raising concerns. There are accusations of a two-tier justice system and the weaponization of extremism to target AfD voters. The liberal-centrist establishment is being criticized for a wider crackdown on dissent, affecting both the right and the left. Analysts warn of an authoritarian turn and question the health of German democracy amid challenges to the constitution and the rise of the AfD party.
It’s hard not to view the government’s measures as having very little to do with protecting democracy, but rather being about protecting a failing and increasingly delegitimised establishment from democracy. My latest on Germany’s authoritarian turn: https://t.co/rMxs4E3488 https://t.co/3eCS46lVzm
‘The German establishment’s war on the AfD is just one part of a much wider crackdown on dissent — not only on the Right, but on the Left as well.’ @battleforeurope: 👇 https://t.co/vE3rwRz5p7
The German establishment’s war on the AfD is just one part of a much wider liberal-centrist crackdown on dissent — not only on the right, but on the left as well, as the repression of pro-Palestinian activism shows. My latest: https://t.co/ZRNBUoQBjO
I’ve written about Germany’s authoritarian turn — and why the real threat to democracy isn’t the far-right bogeyman, but the liberal-centrist establishment cracking down on free speech and dissent (on the right+left) in the name of protecting democracy. https://t.co/ZRNBUoQBjO
I’ve written about Germany’s descent into rampant authoritarianism — and how it relates to the anti-democratic foundations of the country’s constitution, founded on the idea that the status quo must always be protected from the “excesses” of democracy. https://t.co/ZRNBUoQBjO
‘The prevailing opinion is that German democracy isn’t in very good health.’ @battleforeurope reflects on the country’s authoritarian turn: 👇 https://t.co/vE3rwRz5p7
Liberal fascism: analyst says European legacy is ‘one of a criminal gangster cartel’ (Part 1) Germany’s Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party has been rocked by scandal after its top candidate in upcoming EU elections defended the Nazi Party’s notorious Schutzstaffel… https://t.co/GdbL8mPoZS
‘Not a day goes by without the constitution being put to the test.’ @mauricetfrank on the battle for the German soul: 👇 https://t.co/ZId07YtiUD
German centrists face an uncomfortable paradox: the AfD's popularity is being bolstered by the nation's supposedly liberal constitution. @mauricetfrank: 👇 https://t.co/ZId07YtiUD
Constitutional patriotism feels naive in today’s polarised, fraught environment. The German geist is under attack, writes, @mauricetfrank: 👇 https://t.co/ZId07YtiUD
The German government is weaponising an ill-defined understanding of extremism to punish AfD voters in the public sector. And the country's questionable new laws don't stop there, writes @Raphfel 👇 https://t.co/rFq7iulDsi
‘Signing this document must have felt like spitting in the faces of the surviving Nazis. As a German, it still makes me teary-eyed.’ Yet the German constitution is under threat, writes @mauricetfrank: 👇 https://t.co/ZId07YtiUD
Germany is seemingly moving towards a two-tier justice system, where right-of-centre beliefs are treated more harshly by the law. @Raphfel 👇 https://t.co/rFq7iulDsi
‘Governing Germany, that amorphous blob at the centre of Europe, has been no picnic over the centuries.’ @mauricetfrank on Germany’s tricky path to centrist politics: 👇 https://t.co/ZId07YtiUD
I've criticized some (not all) extreme climate activism (https://t.co/ogRSvDCdqN), but this crackdown using German RICO-like laws is deeply disturbing. Read the police release here: https://t.co/xES7TdByO1 https://t.co/IFAoScKCBr https://t.co/SveBbFswjY
‘One problem with using the birthday of the German constitution as a national rallying point is that it didn’t unite the country, but rather cemented its post-war division.’ @hoyer_kat: 👇 https://t.co/PMwMpujLBX