In the Bundestag, headquarters of the German Federal Parliament, a rule has just been broken that, although it was not on paper, had fulfilled all political parties, from left to right, from the end of World War II. 80 years after the release of the Nazi extermination field of Auschwitz, the main opposition party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has approved a motion that imposes hard restrictions on immigration thanks to the support of the extreme right -wing party alternative by Germany (AFD). “The firewall has fallen,” the ultra -rightist leader Alice Weidel celebrated after the votethe same one that a few days ago assured Elon Musk that Adolf Hitler was actually “communist.”
Never before, since the defeat of Nazism, a political party in Germany had agreed with the extreme right. It has also done the training with more options to occupy the German Foreign Ministry in the next general elections. The historic vote, on the other hand, has barely produced A few days after Musk himself participated in an AFD event to say that Germany focuses “too much on the fault of the past”. “It is good to be proud of German culture, of German values, and not lose them in a kind of multiculturalism that dilutes everything,” said the tycoon.
The effect of the vote could be noticed just a few seconds after knowing the result. Not even Friedrich Merz, leader of the CDU, wanted to be cheerful despite having moved his motion. They did in AFD’s ranks. “The deputies applauded, smiled, hugged and even took selfis,” says Maria Fiedler. The analysis they make It is even more afflicted. “Friedrich Merz, the man who will become the next chancellor, has fallen into a deep hole. And the country’s democratic credentials have been damaged, ”writes the British columnist John Kampfner.
Merz tried at all times to reduce importance to the rupture of the cord and tried to distance himself, without too successful, from AFD. “A successful decision does not become wrong just because wrong people agree,” he said, a position that caused the mockery of the extreme right. “This is a historical moment, but you, Mr. Merz, who helped this happen, is here standing with trembling knees, shivering and apologizing,” said AFD deputy Bernd Baumann, who added: “Now we lead Germany. Mr. Merz, follow us if he still has strength. ” Who had no qualms about censoring Merz was the current German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, leader of the social democratic: “In Germany it is not indifferent who collaborates with the extreme right. Since the foundation of our Republic more than 75 years ago, there has always been a clear consensus among all Democrats: we do not make common cause with the extreme right in our parliaments. It is an unforgivable mistake” Who has not liked Merz’s appeal either is his party partner Angela Merkel. The former leader of CDU has lamented the abandonment of the well -known sanitary cord to the extreme right and that “AFD has first obtained a majority in the Bundestag.”
Migration policy is a hot topic in Germany for a long time, as in many other Western countries, and the extreme right of AFD has made its main concern. A few days ago, an Afghan citizen murdered an already a two -year -old man in Aschaffenburg. With the legislative elections very close, and given the fear that this will cause a new rise of AFD, Friedrich Merz, first in the surveys, promised hard hand against immigration. His announcement included a proposal to close the borders and reject asylum seekers. The CDU makes the mistake of attacking AFD, which they consider a danger to democracy, while assuming all its immigration policies.
For a fourth, the vote also occurred one day before the Bundestag debated this Thursday A motion for the Constitutional Court to study if AFD is contrary to the Constitution and, therefore, can be illegalized. The proposal, promoted by 113 parliamentarians from different formations, considers that Weidel’s party “threatens the fundamental principles of German democracy.” However, there is fear, even within the requesting parties, that this is no more than a new thrust to AFD. Victimism is inherent in ultra -right.
A year ago, the German justice endorsed that German secret services could continue investigating AFD, to which Intelligence considers extremism suspicious. One of its leaders was even convicted of using Nazi slogans. Although everything serves to feed AFD’s martyrdom, they even consider dissolving their youth organization for being too radical. In Turingia, espionage services affirmed how proven that AFD youth were “incompatible with the fundamental law and the Constitution of the federated state of Turingia ”. “There are enough concrete evidence of crimes against human dignity, the principle of democracy and that of a rule of law,” they said from the Constitution Protection Office.
The consequences of the rupture of a historical sanitary cord are still to be seen. Germany celebrates its elections on February 23 and, although Merz continues to lead the surveys, it is unknown how much this can affect. What has been extended is fear in the rest of the parties that democratians have the day after the elections the intention of governing with the AFD’s acquiescence. This week something too important has been broken in Germany.
