Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the extreme right-wing NPD should have its state subsidies withdrawn and its tax relief canceled for six years.
The case is to an extent symbolic, as the Nationalist Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), now known as “Die Heimat” (The Homeland), has not been receiving subsidies in recent times after failing to obtain enough votes in elections. However, it still benefits from tax relief measures.
The court’s ruling could well play a role in current deliberations over whether similar measures could be taken against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
If someone is confused: NPD are actual unashamed nazis. Nobody likes them in Germany.
AfD are populist alt-right creeps, but they are enjoying a >20% support in Germany. I find it unlikely that their funding will be affected.
Too cringe even for right shoulds like “fired from Gestapo for cruelty”.
Is this the “debanking” Trump warned us about?
The video coming out of Germany is unreal. They put a million people in the streets. All because the AfD talked about mass deportations, something the Trumpers in the US freely talk about. Much respect for them.
A friend sent me some audio from the scene.
It was nice to hear Germans chanting “Nazis Raus!”. If only Americans had the same convictions.
What does that translate to, out of curiosity? Never Nazis?
Nazis out [of the country/ the government/ whatever]
More like “Nazis GTFO”
Damn, I thought they stripped financing of the AfD
Fun fact: there was an attempt to ban the NPD years ago, but it was deemed unnecessary because they never got enough votes to be a serious threat to democracy.
Much funnier was the first try, they stoped the attempt because the NPD leadership mainly consisted of people working for the intelligence agency.
Deutsche Gründlichkeit at work. They not only infiltrate the party but take it over completely, up to the point where they do such a good job in pretending to be nazis that they become nazis themselves. 💯
Now do it for the AfD
Why were they even subsidized
Because parties which gain a certain percentage of the vote (I think 0.5 - 1%, depending on the state) receive money to reduce their dependency on private sponsors.
