Germany faces the most serious challenge by a far-right party since World War II, one expert said this week, with the hardline AfD party climbing to second place in opinion polls.

A former German lawmaker who also served as a judge led members of a far-right terrorist group that was plotting to overthrow the government on a tour of the Reichstag, home of the country’s parliament, according to prosecutors.

The new allegations come as Germany faces the most serious challenge by a far-right party since World War II, one expert said, with the hardline Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party climbing to second place in opinion polls.

 

The former lawmaker at the center of the alleged coup plot belonged to the AfD, which is enjoying greater mainstream success even as the country’s intelligence chief warns it is becoming more extreme.

 

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Intelligence agencies in most western countries have been warning for years that the greatest threat to democracy comes from (white)nationalist/patriot/fascist movements. This is just another confirmation that they are not wrong.

Political parties with seats in parliaments, like FvD in Holland and AfD in Germany, are flirting with or even openly supporting Putin and his murderous regime. And Putin will do everything he can to fan those flames, and to gain the support of more of those useful idiots.

Yes these goons are dangerous in that they can (and have in some cases already) hurt and even kill some people. They are not in any way systemically dangerous.

 

They are pathetic little garden gnomes, heroes only in their own shriveled hate filled minds. It's worth noting they are now all in court and held in jail, which has provided the legitimation for this scaremongering article. That's what newspeople do.

 

The AfD will never form a part of German government because they will never get the majority they need. Like Trump's gang they are fascistic manipulators who feed on the fears of society's losers.

This resurgence of the "far right" is Europe's only hope to save itself from the invading hordes of Muslim and African invaders. It can't happen fast enough, as far as I'm concerned. We need the same thing in the US as well.

19 minutes ago, BangkokHank said:

This resurgence of the "far right" is Europe's only hope to save itself from the invading hordes of Muslim and African invaders. It can't happen fast enough, as far as I'm concerned. We need the same thing in the US as well.

You need help.

9 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

You need help.

Do you really expect EVERYONE to accept the destruction of Europe and America by your people without a fight? (I assume that your username "Red Forever" is a reference to your communist ideology?)

43 minutes ago, BangkokHank said:

This resurgence of the "far right" is Europe's only hope to save itself from the invading hordes of Muslim and African invaders. It can't happen fast enough, as far as I'm concerned. We need the same thing in the US as well.

And you write this while living in a country not yours....

58 minutes ago, BusyB said:

Yes these goons are dangerous in that they can (and have in some cases already) hurt and even kill some people. They are not in any way systemically dangerous.

 

They are pathetic little garden gnomes, heroes only in their own shriveled hate filled minds. It's worth noting they are now all in court and held in jail, which has provided the legitimation for this scaremongering article. That's what newspeople do.

 

The AfD will never form a part of German government because they will never get the majority they need. Like Trump's gang they are fascistic manipulators who feed on the fears of society's losers.

Seems your hypothesis might see some challenges given what has transpired in the USA and the level of extreme right wing powerbrokers in that country.

Given the influence of the USA on world power balances German fascist parties draw great impetus and fuel from the rise of neo-Nazism in the US.

Those mega-funders and promoters of fascism there are very powerful, highly motivated, persistent, and dedicated to destroying democracy and will not stop.

Putin sure seems to have seduced, brainwashed, subjugated, and taken complete control of his nation in pursuit of a neo-Czarist fascistic autocracy and already begun the expansion of this evil westward. 

28 minutes ago, LukKrueng said:

And you write this while living in a country not yours....

I bring in excess of 1.2 mil baht a year to this country. How much money does the invading hordes bring to the table?

1 hour ago, BangkokHank said:

This resurgence of the "far right" is Europe's only hope to save itself from the invading hordes of Muslim and African invaders. It can't happen fast enough, as far as I'm concerned. We need the same thing in the US as well.

I remember all the dire predictions about what would happen in Germany when they took in the Muslim refugees from the Middle East. Riots and anarchy were projected to be the outcome by the right wingers. I guess instead of facing your disappointment you conjure up a fantasy instead.

1 hour ago, BusyB said:

Yes these goons are dangerous in that they can (and have in some cases already) hurt and even kill some people. They are not in any way systemically dangerous.

 

They are pathetic little garden gnomes, heroes only in their own shriveled hate filled minds. It's worth noting they are now all in court and held in jail, which has provided the legitimation for this scaremongering article. That's what newspeople do.

 

The AfD will never form a part of German government because they will never get the majority they need. Like Trump's gang they are fascistic manipulators who feed on the fears of society's losers.

It’s not a scaremongering article, it is simply stating facts. Hitler and his nazis were not taken seriously either when they started out, and we all know the price the world had to pay for that.

An AfD mayor has been elected, by the way, in a town in the east of Germany, just this past June. If I were you, I’d take the risk of fascists taking over very seriously. 

Just now, EVENKEEL said:

I bring in excess of 1.2 mil baht a year to this country. How much money does the invading hordes bring to the table?

They bring to the table something you probably don't: youth for a graying population.

7 minutes ago, placeholder said:

They bring to the table something you probably don't: youth for a graying population.

Undereducated folks needing welfare, just what every country desires.

51 minutes ago, BangkokHank said:

Do you really expect EVERYONE to accept the destruction of Europe and America by your people without a fight? (I assume that your username "Red Forever" is a reference to your communist ideology?)

So you’re okay with Europe and America becoming fascist?

2 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Undereducated folks needing welfare, just what every country desires.

You mean the millions of undereducated folks that do the jobs that Europeans and Americans refuse to do anymore? 

1 minute ago, rudi49jr said:

You mean the millions of undereducated folks that do the jobs that Europeans and Americans refuse to do anymore? 

Are you referring to the ones who keep wages low so locals can't survive working.

The German Workers Party was Socialist. Guess who lead that? Not far right at all.

 

 

4 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Are you referring to the ones who keep wages low so locals can't survive working.

Yeah sure, blame the foreigners for that. Locals can’t survive working anyway, what with all the price gouging and greedflation by big corporations, abusing the inflation to jack up their prices even more. 

14 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

So you’re okay with Europe and America becoming fascist?

They won't if people don't let the Socialists take over.

1 minute ago, bignok said:

The German Workers Party was Socialist. Guess who lead that? Not far right at all.

 

 

Maybe you should read this:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Workers'_Party

 

If you were referring to the NSDAP, that was the party eventually lead by Adolf Hitler. He was not far right?

Just now, rudi49jr said:

Maybe you should read this:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Workers'_Party

 

If you were referring to the NSDAP, that was the party eventually lead by Adolf Hitler. He was not far right?

No he grew up a socialist.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/hitler-and-the-socialist-dream-1186455.html

29 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

So you’re okay with Europe and America becoming fascist?

If that's what it takes to save them from communism, which has killed infinitely more people throughout history than fascism has.

9 minutes ago, bignok said:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/hitler-and-the-socialist-dream-1186455.html

Doesn’t matter what he grew up as. He turned far right wing almost as soon as he joined the DAP.

17 minutes ago, bignok said:

They won't if people don't let the Socialists take over.

Where are the socialists taking over exactly? Please enlighten me.

1 hour ago, LukKrueng said:

And you write this while living in a country not yours....

I am a peaceful, law-abiding citizen here, contributing to the local economy without doing any harm to anyone. I don't get any benefits from the government, I can't vote or otherwise influence the country. I do not try to change Thailand. The people who are invading Europe and the US are being paid to invade - by our enemies, and even with our own tax money. That is unacceptable to me.

4 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Doesn’t matter what he grew up as. He turned far right wing almost as soon as he joined the DAP.

Says the left. He hated Jews, they werent left wing. 

4 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Where are the socialists taking over exactly? Please enlighten me.

Read up.

Just now, bignok said:

Read up.

You say socialists are taking over. I’m asking you for evidence of that. Apparently you can’t. What a shocker.

Just now, rudi49jr said:

You say socialists are taking over. I’m asking you for evidence of that. Apparently you can’t. What a shocker.

I don't know you. If you haven't read books on history and economics like the link I posted I can't help you. Good luck.