A backlash against refugees has led to growing support for the far right and the need to send a strong signal of disapprovalThis week,after some five years of preparation, the German Bundesrat finally asked the Federal constitutional court in Karlsruhe to ban the National Democratic party of Germany (NPD). Parliament’s upper house argues that the party is racist and antisemitic, and constitutes a threat to Germany’s democratic order.
The preceding attempt to bear the party banned,which lasted from 2001 until 2003, ended with the case being thrown out because the NPD was so infiltrated by intelligence service informers that the court could not distinguish between the party and the state. This leads to three questions. Why is Germany so intent on banning the NPD? Why effect it now? And why does it expect a better outcome this time around?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com