BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament on Thursday lifted the immunity of a prominent far-right lawmaker with the Alternative for Germany party, after which authorities searched his home and offices following a court order.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament on Thursday lifted the immunity of a prominent far-right lawmaker with the Alternative for Germany party, after which authorities searched his home and offices following a court order.
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Gloria@sh.itjust.works · 64 pts · 340d
Hint: he is just the tip of the iceberg. The whole AFD is undermined by the russia-china axis.
talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 340d
I fear that Germany too is in turn just the tip of the iceberg.
We have been infiltrated much more thoroughly than we think.
DreamAccountant@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 340d
NO immunity for German nazis! Root them out, and disband their party immediately.
Stop taking it easy on the nazis, Germany. It's easier to get rid of them BEFORE they illegally steal all the power.
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 340d
You can count on as spineless as incompetent as opportunistic and corrupt German politicians for exactly this not happening.
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 340d
Why did he have "immunity" in the first place? Why does anyone get immunity while normal citizens do not
jagermo@feddit.org · 40 pts · 340d
The idea is that the government can not prosecute other members of parliament that the ruling party might not like.
You need to sufficient evidence and a majority must vote to remove immunity.
Its a result of the faschos, of course.
full_throttle@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 339d
Greece has a similar law in place. It is one of the main reasons why eventually corruption permeated greece.
shapesandstuff@feddit.org · 11 pts · 340d
Fuck yyeeeeaaah
Krah has had it coming for a long time now. One of the most publicly and actively corrupt politicians we have.
Every now and then our parliament comes through and leverages the full force of the constitution.
PonyOfWar@pawb.social · 10 pts · 340d
Good, but with a process this long, I imagine he's had more than enough time to hide/destroy any relevant evidence.
Anonymaus@feddit.org · 3 pts · 340d
Maybe, but Im pretty sure his political career is over by this point.
PonyOfWar@pawb.social · 13 pts · 340d
One would hope so. But if there's one thing far-right politicians do really well, it's surviving political scandals.
truthfultemporarily@feddit.org · 11 pts · 340d
He left / was kicked out of the EU parliament because of corruption, spying, etc. and was elected to the German parliament after that so I am not too hopeful.
shapesandstuff@feddit.org · 2 pts · 340d
when even his party colleagues are careful about defending him, i'm pretty confident he will be out for the time being.
usually they jump at any opportunity to play the victim, but here they dance around the topic pretty obviously
Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 340d
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 340d
If you followed his story it's obvious he is hilariously corrupt, even for a politician. He thought he'd get away with it. His far right supporters don't care, of course, and will defend him no matter what.