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Is the AfD a threat to Germany? Mehdi Hasan & Maximilian Krah | Head to Head
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A poll came out last month from ZDF. Very respected poll found 72% of Germans say the AFD is a danger to democracy.
A ZDF Politbarometer poll published in January 2024 found that 72% of respondents viewed the AfD as a threat to democracy.
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Germany has the second largest number of refugees worldwide after Colombia.
According to UNHCR data from late 2023 and mid-2024, Iran and Turkey host the largest populations of refugees and other people in need of international protection globally, followed by Colombia and Germany.
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Maximilian Krah said that the equality of citizens based solely on a piece of paper is the founding myth of the modern state.
In his 2023 manifesto 'Politik von rechts' (Politics from the Right), Krah wrote that the equality of all citizens based solely on the paper they hold is the founding myth of the modern, liberal state.
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Maximilian Krah said in 2023 that 'das Volk' (the people) is a community of similars and a natural, biologically verifiable reality.
In his 2023 book, Krah defined 'das Volk' as a 'natural, biologically verifiable reality' rather than a mere social contract, reflecting ethnopluralist ideology.
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The AfD has an internal organization called 'Migrants within the AfD'.
AfD party members with immigrant backgrounds officially founded a group called 'Netzwerk Migranten in der AfD' (Network of Migrants in the AfD) to represent their interests within the party.
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At that time China was the biggest trade partner of Germany.
China was Germany's largest single trading partner for eight consecutive years up to 2023.
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I'm not investigated. No, there is no case against me. Not even an investigation.
While German prosecutors could not open a formal, full criminal investigation due to Krah's MEP immunity, the Dresden Public Prosecutor's office did initiate formal preliminary investigations (Vorermittlungen) to check for initial suspicion of foreign bribery.
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Sigmar Gabriel, the former socialist minister, just came out yesterday and said the same thing [that there should be direct contact/negotiations with Russia].
In mid-June 2024, coinciding with the Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland, former German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel (of the Social Democratic Party, SPD) stated in interviews that direct diplomatic negotiations with Russia would eventually be necessary to end the war.
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If you look at trade of the UK, of Germany, of France, of Italy, with countries in Central Asia, you will see in 2022 they skyrocket.
Following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine and subsequent Western sanctions, exports from European nations like Germany, France, Italy, and the UK to Central Asian countries (such as Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan) surged dramatically, acting as a workaround to deliver goods to Russia.
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The AFD has never been in government in Germany.
Since its founding in 2013, the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has never been part of a federal or state-level coalition government in Germany, as other major political parties have maintained a 'firewall' (Brandmauer) refusing to govern with them.
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There is not one attack against the Jewish community in Germany from far-right Germans.
There have been numerous far-right antisemitic attacks in Germany, most notably the 2019 Halle synagogue shooting, which was a far-right terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community during Yom Kippur.
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50% of refugees in Germany are not working and are on welfare.
According to official figures from the Federal Employment Agency and the IAB, the employment rate for refugees who arrived since 2013 was around 54% to 64% depending on their length of stay, meaning roughly 40% to 50% remain out of the workforce, with many relying on citizen's benefit (Bürgergeld) or welfare support.
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Germany does not have a scheme where you can get citizenship by buying property or investing in a business.
Germany does not offer a 'golden passport' or direct citizenship-by-investment scheme. While there are pathways to residency through business investment (under Section 21 of the Residence Act), this does not grant automatic citizenship, which is subject to standard naturalization requirements.
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The German coup plot (Reichsbürger plot) was maintained by people who were mostly older than 65 and did not have a real bazooka or a machine gun.
While some key figures of the 2022 Reichsbürger coup plot (such as Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss) were elderly, the members spanned various ages, including active and former military and police personnel in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. Furthermore, German prosecutors revealed that the group had amassed a massive arsenal of weapons, including over 380 firearms, 350 blunt/edged weapons, and nearly 150,000 pieces of ammunition, including military-grade automatic weapons (machine guns) and firearms stolen from military/police stocks.