They called it the “immigration” plan: Those whose origins are different from the country they live in are required to return to where they came from or where their families are from. This is essentially the extreme idea of a group of politicians from the German and Austrian radical right, including members of the AfD (Alternatives for GermanyAlternative for Germany) is an ally of the League in the Identity and Democracy (ID) group in Europe.
According to the German newspaper German WellePoliticians gathered at a hotel near the Brandenburg city of Potsdam to discuss issues including deportation plans.
The meeting was made public by a report by the German research institute Correctiv; but this report was challenged by those directly involved, who did not deny that the meeting took place, but rather denied authorship of the statements and interventions. The incident was observed through hidden cameras, testimonies collected at the hotel, and undercover journalists monitoring the facility.
According to Correctiv, the “repatriation” plan being discussed at the Landhaus Aldon hostel would allow for the deportation of people who have moved to Germany and have legally acquired German citizenship. The plan would be presented by Austrian far-right activist and leader Martin Sellner and would involve identifying those deemed a “burden on society” and encouraging them to leave Germany voluntarily or, alternatively, forcibly deporting them.
Technically, this plan could also affect naturalized German citizens, according to the investigation report. This would be news for the AfD, which has already put forward such plans in the past but has always maintained that they should not apply to those with German citizenship. However, given the way citizenship rules work in Germany, the revocation of German citizenship would most likely mean that everyone involved in this scheme would become stateless, as it is highly likely that these people would have given up their previous passports.
Correctiv also mentioned a proposal, tabled at the meeting, that the individuals in question be sent to an unspecified “model state” in North Africa; this was a move reminiscent of similar plans discussed by the German Nazi Party to deport Jews to Madagascar.
But, as already mentioned, the heroes of the occasion objected to this reconstruction. Sellner told Reuters he had said “very clearly that there can be no distinction between citizens, that there can be no second-class citizens and that all repatriation measures must be legal.” And he added that “non-assimilated citizens, such as Muslims, gangsters and hustlers, should be encouraged to adapt through standards and assimilation policy, possibly including incentives for voluntary repatriation to their home countries.”
The AfD also quickly declared that Sellner (whose presence was not informed in advance) did not attend the meeting, stating that the issues discussed did not fall within the party’s official political line. Robert Hartwig, a former member of parliament from the AL group, was also present in Potsdam. Bundestag and they are now very close to leader Alice Weidel, Ulrich Siegmund, a leading member of the party in Saxony-Anhalt, and current parliamentary AfD MP Gerrit Huy.
Among other figures present in Potsdam, we mention Alexander von Bismarck, a distant descendant of the historical Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck, and Hans Christian Limmer, owner of the fast food chain. Hans im Gluck. Clearly distancing himself from the comeback plans presented at the meeting, Limmer nevertheless resigned last Wednesday. Correctiv also cites two members of the CDU as belonging to a splinter wing of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic party with ties to German intelligence circles.
According to Correctiv, the event also served to unofficially raise funds, possibly for the European elections. And precisely in relation to the June elections, the AfD is achieving excellent results, positioning itself above 20% in most polls and maintaining a strong second place nationally, behind the CDU-CSU but ahead of the social democrats of the SPD.
Many members of the party have been under special observation by secret services for some time, on the grounds that they could represent potential cases of political extremism and thus disrupt public order. Three regional branches of the AfD (Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia), all located in the former East Germany, are currently classified as extremist organisations; They suffer the same fate as the national youth branch of the party. Junge Alternative (Youth alternative).
Source: Today IT
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