– #A paradoxical intention | A fourth shoot from the hip | A different kind of Far-Right Extremism –
Neo-Nazis, Identitarians, fraternities - the AfD in the Bundestag employs more than 100 people from the right-wing extremist milieu. BR research shows for the first time the extent to which the AfD grants enemies of the constitution access to parliament. More than half of the AfD MPs employ people who are active in organizations that are classified as right-wing extremist by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. ... More people from the right-wing extremist spectrum work for the AfD members of the Bundestag than previously known. (German Press Coverage, AfD in the Bundestag employs more than 100 right-wing extremists)
Honourable Chance(llor) Scholz! Dear Lord of The Blind(ness)! Dear Ollie!
Here ’s a Coffee Break Briefing for ‘Chance‘ Magoo:
OBJECT 1 | FAR RIGHT ATTITUDE[2]
The signs and speeches everywhere from the Baltic Sea port of Rostock to the city of Freiburg near the Swiss border hit a similar note: The AfD’s stripe of right-wing radicalism is out of place in democratic Germany.
OBJECT 2 | FARTHER RIGHT BIAS[3]
A strong rise of the far-right is spooking Germany's political class, sparking concerns ahead of upcoming regional elections and broader unease over the right in Europe.
OBJECT 3 | FARTHEST RIGHT CAST OF MIND[4]
Germany is in political crisis. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right political party, began to rocket in opinion polls last spring. After it entered the federal parliament in 2017—the first time a far-right party had been elected since the 1950s—the party seemed to stall around 10% of the electorate. But no more: the AfD currently sits at around 22%, making it the second most popular bloc in the country. It has also done well in recent regional elections, and Germans are increasingly fearful of how the party will fare in federal elections in 2025. After recent reports that the party hopes to deport “unassimilated” German citizens, large pro democracy demonstrations swelled in cities across the country.
OBJECT 4 | ANTI-EUROPEAN DISPOSITION[5]
Germany’s increasingly popular far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party elected the controversial MEP Maximilian Krah as its lead candidate for next year’s European Parliament election, while vowing to challenge the EU from the inside and turn it into a “fortress” against migrants. More than 65 percent of the about 600 AfD delegates at a party gathering on Saturday in Magdeburg, in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, voted for Krah as their lead candidate for the European Parliament election, which will take place June 6-9 next year.
OBJECT 5 | PRO-RUSSIAN MINDSET[6]
The German far-right political party Alternative for Germany ... has set its sights on Russia. Their election manifesto barely mentions the West or NATO. Provocative trips, aggressive political speeches and pro-Russian motions in the Bundestag (German parliament) all reveal a party whose foreign policy is pandering to Moscow.
OBJECT 6 | PRO-CHINESE EMPATHY[7]
On the first day of October, the German news portal “t-online” published an investigative report titled “China-gate of the AfD’s Prime Contender.” The report unraveled a web of intricate connections between Maximilian Krah, the prime contender for the upcoming European elections of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, and the corridors of power in Beijing. The investigation detailed the party’s potential financial backing from Beijing, and its nurturing of relations with institutions closely aligned with the AfD, all the while cultivating a China-friendly network nestled in Saxony, Krah’s domain.
OBJECT 6 | PRO-CHINESE LOVE AFFAIR[8]
Germany’s “most China-friendly party” wants its government to stop meddling in Beijing’s “internal affairs” on human rights. It demands that Berlin’s ruling coalition stop “fuelling provocation” in the Taiwan Strait. It panned the new German China strategy as “an attempt to impose green-woke ideology and US geopolitical interests”. It wants closer ties with China instead of the “virtue signalling” of de-risking.
OBJECT 7 | PRO-CHINESE LOVE[9]
A German politician’s ties to a Chinese influence network are part of a pattern across Central and Eastern Europe.
By the way, objects in the rear view may appear farther away than they are.[10]
Respectfully yours,
Cal Caleido
Frame of Reference
ON GERMANY’S HATCHING TOTALITARIANISM
Germany’s Lord of The Appeasement: Barely Enough to Keep Body and Soul Together
Germany’s Lord of The Limbo: In The Need of Staying Unsucked
ON CHINESE TOTALITARIANISM
ON RUSSIAN (TRUMPIAN) TOTALITARIANISM
When Mike Wallace Put Vladimir Putin's Balls To The Wall (2005)
When Reagan, Gorbachev, Kohl and Scorpions Altered The World's Destiny
ON TOTALITARIAN BLUE PRINTS
[1] AfD in the Bundestag employs more than 100 right-wing extremists [AfD im Bundestag beschäftigt mehr als 100 Rechtsextreme | tagesschau.de]: Neo-Nazis, Identitarians, fraternities - the AfD in the Bundestag employs more than 100 people from the right-wing extremist milieu. BR research shows for the first time the extent to which the AfD grants enemies of the constitution access to parliament. More than half of the AfD MPs employ people who are active in organizations that are classified as right-wing extremist by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. ... More people from the right-wing extremist spectrum work for the AfD members of the Bundestag than previously known. This is shown by research by Bayerischer Rundfunk . Accordingly, the AfD parliamentary group and its MPs employ more than 100 people who are active in organizations that are classified as right-wing extremist by German constitutional protection offices. Among them are activists from the “Identitarian Movement”, ideological thinkers from the “New Right” and several neo-Nazis. ... In total, the AfD parliamentary group and its MPs have more than 30 million euros available for employees - per year. ... The results of the research are “shocking”. One must consider whether enemies of the constitution who work in the Bundestag should continue to be paid with tax money. ... Actors from the spectrum of the so-called New Right are particularly noticeable. This is a current in right-wing extremism that represents its ideological renewal after National Socialism. Various magazines, publishers, think tanks, associations and activist groups can be counted among the “New Right”. Representatives of the “New Right” see themselves as the “frontrunner” of the AfD.
[2] Germany’s Far-Right AfD Is Worse Than the Rest of Europe’s Populists (foreignpolicy.com)
[3] Far-right surge triggers alarm in Germany – POLITICO
[4] The Surprising History Fueling Germany's Far Right | TIME
[5] German far right picks EU lead candidate, wants European anti-migrant ‘fortress’ – POLITICO
[6] How the German right wing party AfD sides with Russia (correctiv.org)
[7] Germany’s Far-Right Pivot to China – The Diplomat
[8] German far right shows an unlikely affinity for Communist China | South China Morning Post (scmp.com)
[9] China Finds Friends in Europe’s Far Right – Foreign Policy
[10] Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (Wikiped)
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