So in Deutschland you can’t display swastikas, do “heil” salutes and other stuff, but it’s legal to organise neo-NAZI parties and run for office as a member…?
As I understand it (which could be wrong, I have no particular knowledge on this topic), he ran as a member of a different party that has not faced the same legal classifications. He used to be a councillor for NPD, which is the one a court described as Nazi-like and unconstitutional. In this election he ran for Free Saxons, who do appears to be far-right loons in their own way but who don’t seem to be so clearly Nazi-ish. NYT is right to point out his connection to NPD, though
The party ban process wouldn’t need a new law, it’s a judicial process - the only thing missing is the parliament saying “go”. And this neo-nazi party is pretty unsubtle. The only risk is that the courts decide that they can’t ban the party (e.g. because there might be too many government spies in the party).
Or, as the article says:
In 2017, the highest German court rejected a petition to ban the party because it concluded the party was too unpopular to damage German democracy, even if it tried.
That said, I do agree that the conservative party acts unconstitutional quite often. They just don’t say out loud how much they disagree with the constitution.
So in Deutschland you can’t display swastikas, do “heil” salutes and other stuff, but it’s legal to organise neo-NAZI parties and run for office as a member…?
As I understand it (which could be wrong, I have no particular knowledge on this topic), he ran as a member of a different party that has not faced the same legal classifications. He used to be a councillor for NPD, which is the one a court described as Nazi-like and unconstitutional. In this election he ran for Free Saxons, who do appears to be far-right loons in their own way but who don’t seem to be so clearly Nazi-ish. NYT is right to point out his connection to NPD, though
Ask the “conservative” party with the record-low election results why they refuse to let the party ban process start.
Because the law has to be worded very carefully, otherwise it would also ban the conservative party with record low election results?
The party ban process wouldn’t need a new law, it’s a judicial process - the only thing missing is the parliament saying “go”. And this neo-nazi party is pretty unsubtle. The only risk is that the courts decide that they can’t ban the party (e.g. because there might be too many government spies in the party).
Or, as the article says:
That said, I do agree that the conservative party acts unconstitutional quite often. They just don’t say out loud how much they disagree with the constitution.