Brussels watchdog moves to ban Alternative for Germany’s EU party
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-watchdog-moves-ban-afd-far-right-party-over-breach-eu-values/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-watchdog-moves-ban-afd-far-right-party-over-breach-eu-values/
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user134450@feddit.org · 27 pts · 77d
yes! fucking finally!
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 77d
If you think this is going to solve anything about the discontent AfD voters express by voting AfD... you have another thing coming. The AfD is a symptom. Ban the AfD (which this decison does not do) and the discontent will emerge elsewhere. Not in votes for SPD or CDU.
DonPiano@feddit.org · 27 pts · 77d
Symptoms need treatment, too
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 77d
No doubt. That said we (many of our societies) like treating symptoms alone and hoping they don't recur.
SapphireSphinx@feddit.org · 10 pts · 77d
So what? People are allowed to express their discontent, and votes for the SPD, CDU, or CSU should not be the goal. The discontent must be channeled through a vote within constitutional boundaries though. There are numerous alternatives that do not involve voting for literal Nazis, a new party, Freie Wähler, ...
Additionally, why should my tax euros fund a party, such as the AfD, which endangers the well-being of many Germans and views those who do not meet its narrow definition of German identity as unworthy? [Edit:] We already experienced that. Jews, Roma, Slavs, disabled people, ... where considered unworthy only 90 years ago. I do not need to repeat that.
voidemu@feddit.org · 22 pts · 77d
Politico is a springer outlet. Springer is pro AfD
daw@feddit.org · 5 pts · 77d
This is not about the afd. This is about the ESN European level party, not the ESN faction in the parliament.