It has caused a stir in Germany the meeting held by “Alternative for Germany” politicians (AfD) with members neo-nazis and fascist organizations and businessmen last November in Potsdam. A key topic of their discussion was a plan to deport millions of people from Germany, as revealed by the investigative network Correctiv.
According to the report, AfD officials, including federal MP Gerrit Huy and former MP and current personal assistant to party leader Alice Weidel Roland Hartwig, met with the leader of the “identity movement” and the “New On the right”, the 35-year-old Austrian, Martin Zellner, who had undertaken the preparation and presentation of a “strategic plan” on “re-immigration”, by forcefully returning immigrants to their countries of origin with mass deportations. These deportations would not only concern asylum seekers, but also German passport holders, who, he claims, “create aggressive fast-growing parallel societies”. Her participation has also been confirmed by Gerrit Huy, who admitted, in fact, that in 2017 she presented to the AfD leadership a “re-immigration” program for immigrants who cannot find a job in Germany. Her proposals were not adopted by the party, she clarified, but she still supports them.
The Correctiv network also reports that the topic of “re-immigration” of “unassimilated Germans” dominated the November meeting, with Martin Zellner speaking of it as “the biggest challenge” should the AfD take power in Germany. The “strategic plan” foresees, among other things, that two million people from Germany will gather in an unnamed North African state. “Refugee activists can also go there,” Mr Zellner, who has confirmed his attendance at the meeting but denied there was a “secret strategic plan”, is quoted as saying. In a statement, the AfD emphasized that the meeting was not a party event and assured that there is no plan to change the party's positions on immigration policy.
Among the participants in the meeting was the German businessman Hans-Christian Limmer, one of the co-owners of the German chain of restaurants “Hans im Glück” and the bakeries “Backwerk”. The company already announced that Mr. Limer submitted his resignation, which was accepted. “Our company clearly distances itself from far-right views. These views represent the exact opposite of our core values,” the statement said.
The meeting, however, as reported by the Athens News Agency, also had consequences for the interior of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU), as, according to information, it was “present” by two members of the North Rhine-Westphalia organization, members of the conservative wing. Union of Values”. “Our basic rule is that anyone who participates in such meetings violates the principles of the CDU,” a party spokesman said, adding that an investigation was already underway.
On the government side, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Feser warned the AfD “not to be associated with enemies of the Constitution”. No one should underestimate this risk, Ms. Feser told Stern magazine, referring to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which ranks the AfD as “suspicious” of far-right ideology. The party has appealed against the categorization of the agency and the relevant decision is expected at the end of February.
Correctiv's revelations are already stirring debate about a possible ban on the AfD, with Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Saskia Esken supporting it and CDU leader Friedrich Merz opposing it.
Source: News Beast
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