Tomáš Tengely-Evans // Fury as Nazi MPs enter the German parliament

27.10.17

Fury as Nazi MPs enter the German parliament: [socialistworker.co.uk] Anette Schultner, formerly the leader of the Christians in the AfD group, resigned last week because of the fascists’ growing influence.

“I believe there is no longer any chance of making the AfD a pragmatic, bourgeois-conservative people’s party,” she told the Der Tagesspiegel newspaper.

“Out of the regional AfD parties there is a maximum of a third where there’s still a chance of putting up majorities against Hocke.

“Many do not dare to position themselves against Hocke and his allies. Anyone who wants to become something in the AfD would not want to block them.”

Cornelia Kerth is part of the Union of Victims of the Nazi Regime (VVN) organisation.

“Out of the 94 MPs at least half are Nazis or have links to the Nazi scene like the Identitarian Movement,” she explained. “They will have around 400 people working for them [in parliament].

“They will be mainly recruited from far right organisations and the AfD youth wing, which is to the right of the main organisation.”

The process that’s taking place within the AfD shows that it’s possible for Nazis to grow within right wing parties that they didn’t initially dominate.

The AfD can be repelled—but it will take mass action and taking on the Islamophobia and racism that’s fuelled its rise.