German mainstream scrambles to thwart rising popularity of the far right DW News

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The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has partially classified as right-wing extremist, is enjoying record highs in opinion polls. • At the same time, hundreds of thousands of people have been taking to the streets to demonstrate against the anti-immigration party. • The German Bundestag is also debating how to deal with the AfD, with the three governing parliamentary factions — the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP)— submitting a motion on the issue. The topic: Resilient democracy in a diverse country — a clear stand against the enemies of democracy and their plans of forced displacement. • The move was prompted by a media report about a meeting last fall of right-wing extremists, attended by AfD officials as well as members of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The gathering is said to have been about plans for the so-called remigration, or expulsion, of millions of people who have immigrated to Germany. • In the parliamentary debate, Bernd Baumann, the AfD's parliamentary secretary and chief whip in the German parliament, told lawmakers the meeting was no more than a small, private debate club, but not a secret meeting dangerous to the public. • But Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) called it an active effort to shift borders and to spread contempt for democracy and misanthropy into the heart of society. • Faeser said she could also imagine banning the party — but only as a last resort. • 00:00 Background • 01:20 Kai Arzheimer, University of Mainz • Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche... • For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ • Follow DW on social media: • ►Facebook: / deutschewellenews • ►Twitter: / dwnews • ►Instagram: / dwnews • ►Twitch: / dwnews_hangout • Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: / dwdeutsch • #farright #germany #politics

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