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Showing posts with label AfD. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 12, 2026

Politics in Europe > Germany's far left attacks AfD and journos

 

Far Left in Germany Makes War on AfD and Conservative Journalists


Alternative für Deutschland is the anti-immigrant, or more exactly, anti-Muslim immigrant party, that has been soaring in the German polls, causing alarm within the ranks of left-wing parties that are horrified at any attempt to limit Muslim immigration. The leftists call the AfD names — fascists, far-right, neo-Nazis — in the hopes that some of that ridiculous name-calling will stick. And recently, 30,000 strong, they tried to shut down an AfD conference by means of physical intimidation of the delegates, and attacks on conservative journalists who had been present to cover the conference — an attack, in other words, on freedom of peaceful assembly and of freedom of the press.

More on the latest outrage by the pro-Muslim left in Germany, which has now been physically attacking journalists not to its liking, can be found here: 


Left-wing extremists hunt down conservative journalists at AfD party congress in Erfurt

by Luca Steinmann, Brussels Signal, July 6, 2026:

Several conservative journalists have been chased and assaulted by left-wing extremists while covering protests against the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) federal party congress in the eastern German city of Erfurt, capital of the state of Thuringia, on July 4, 2026.

As thousands of protesters gathered to disrupt the party congress and block delegates from reaching the venue, some groups turned their attention to members of the press. Eyewitness accounts and reports from the media outlets involved describe conservative journalists being deliberately identified, singled out and pursued through the streets by masked activists before being surrounded and attacked, often by large groups against one or two reporters.

These physical attacks on conservative journalists were intended to prevent any negative coverage of violence from the far left, and any favorable coverage of the AfD conference in the conservative media. They are akin to those attacks on newspaper offices that the Nazis carried out early in the 1930s to silence opposition to Hitler.

The most serious assault targeted a reporting team from Apollo News, a Berlin-based conservative online news outlet specialising in German politics. Videos circulating on social media show a crowd chasing the journalists before surrounding them and launching a violent attack….

What were the journalists from Apollo News filming that the leftists were intent on preventing? They were filming violent leftist demonstrators blocking entrances to the building in Erfurt where the AfD’s annual meeting was being held. Such Stormtrooper tactics wouldn’t look good if the media transmits them, so why not use the same Stormtrooper tactics to prevent journalists from covering their… Stormtrooper tactics?

The German far left today is reminiscent of, though not nearly as violent, of the Baader-Meinhof gang of the 1970s, which carried out bombings, bank robberies, and assassinations, all in the name of “destroying imperialism.” The far left today targets those Germans who still believe they have a right not to allow millions of Muslim migrants to swamp them. Experience has shown that these migrants cannot be assimilated, and by dint of demographic conquest, from both continued immigration and from a much higher fertility rate for Muslim women, as compared to indigenous non-Muslims in Germany, they could eventually become a majority in the country. That is what the AfD wants to prevent, while there is still time. What is “far-right” or “fascistic” or “neo-Nazi” about that perfectly understandable desire?

According to Apollo News and Junge Freiheit, the attacks were not isolated confrontations but part of what the outlets described as a deliberate effort to drive conservative media away from the protests….

The leftists wanted to stage their menacing protests, and attempts to prevent delegates to the AfD annual conference from entering the building where it was being held, and at the same time, they did not want conservative journalists to be able to see for themselves and report on the leftists’ violence.


Despite the disruption, the protesters ultimately failed to achieve their main objective. Under heavy police protection, the AfD proceeded with its federal party congress as scheduled. Delegates re-elected co-leaders Alice Weidel, with about 81 per cent of the vote, and Tino Chrupalla, with about 70 per cent, each for a further two years and without opposing candidates.

It is the well-spoken, well-informed, intrepid, and very attractive Alice Weidel who will become Germany’s next chancellor if the AfD wins the next election. It will be hard for the left to defeat her.

Turn the tables on the far left. Call them out as the far-right fascists they are. They are a danger to democracy. It is they who have tried to shut down the AfD’s conference by preventing delegates from entering the building where the meeting was to take place. In the end, and only with the help of a massive police presence, the AfD delegates did manage to get through. And the same far-left rioters identified conservative journalists, whom they physically attacked to keep them away from reporting on the far left’s attempt to block the entrances to the AfD meeting. They shoved, punched, knocked down, and kicked those journalists in the head.

These are the real “far-right” enemy, the Anti-Fa Fascists, the fresh-faced left-wing neo-Nazis, the Stormtroopers in Kanye-West sneakers instead of jackboots.




Saturday, July 4, 2026

Politics in Europe > Merz's approval ratings drops to 13% and falling

 

Merz’s ratings plummet to record low

The CDU leader has become the least popular German chancellor in almost 30 years, according to a fresh poll

Published 3 Jul, 2026 09:02 | Updated 3 Jul, 2026 10:05

Merz’s ratings plummet to record low











A total of 84% of Germans are dissatisfied with the performance of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, including 51% of supporters of his own Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, an ARD-DeutschlandTrend poll has suggested.

Merz’s ratings dropped by another 3% in June, reaching a record low of 13%, according to the results of the study published on Thursday.

The findings make the CDU leader the least popular chancellor since the Infratest Dimap research company began carrying out monthly polls on behalf of German broadcaster ARD in 1997.

Germans are mostly concerned by the country losing its attractiveness for business (78%), the negative effects of climate change (66%), and the migrant influx under Merz (51%), the study suggested.

If an election were held now, the Union, an alliance between the CDU and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), would receive only 22% of the vote, losing to the right-wing opposition party Alternative for Germany (AfD) by 5%, it said.

According to the ARD-DeutschlandTrend, the AfD, which advocates tougher immigration policy and opposes Berlin’s aid for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia, remains Germany’s most popular political party, being backed by 27%. Its co-leader, Alice Weidel, has the support of some 25% of the public.

On Thursday, the ruling CDU/CSU-SPD (Social Democratic Party) coalition announced that it had agreed sweeping reforms, which it claimed would revive the economy and counter the rise of the AfD. The measures include cuts to income tax for low- and middle-income families, an overhaul of the pension system, and stricter rules for employees’ sick leave.

“There is also no reason for pessimism… The best years of our country are not behind us, but there are very good years ahead of us,” Merz claimed.

Weidel slammed the measures proposed by the coalition, describing them as “even more left-wing redistribution and minimal compromises that don’t deserve to be called ‘reforms.’”

“The fact that this is being sold as a ‘breakthrough’ shows only one thing: this government’s complete inability to reform,” she wrote on X.

The AfD co-chair told Reuters earlier this week that the only way to rescue the German economy, which contracted in 2023 and 2024, was to restore economic ties between Berlin and Moscow. “Cheap energy from Russia was the secret of the success of ‘Made in Germany’. We need it back,” Weidel insisted.



Saturday, February 28, 2026

Germany's AfD dodges a political bullet, for now

 

Germany’s AfD hails ‘major victory’ against Berlin’s

domestic spy agency


A court ruling has suspended the top opposition party’s designation as
a “confirmed right-wing extremist” group
Germany’s AfD hails ‘major victory’ against Berlin’s domestic spy agency

















Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader Alice Weidel hailed as “major victory” for the party and the nation a Thursday court decision that suspended its designation as a “confirmed right-wing extremist” organization.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, slapped the top opposition party with the classification in May 2025, having previously branded it a “suspected extremist group.” 

An administrative court in Cologne granted a temporary injunction at the party’s request, pending a final ruling. The court said radical statements on migration and religion by some AfD members were insufficient to assess the party’s nature as a whole.

Federal law grants the BfV special powers to surveil and investigate members of groups it designates as extremist. Such labels can also influence voter preferences. The injunction comes ahead of March regional elections in Baden-Wurttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. National polls show the AfD as a credible challenger to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right Christian Democrats for the top spot.

Weidel said the ruling “indirectly threw a spanner in the works for the ban fanatics,” referring to mounting calls from the party’s mainstream rivals to outlaw it. Lawyer Ralf Hoecker, who represented the AfD, said the decision makes a proposed ban “no longer conceivable. It’s off the table.”

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, a Christian Democrat, advised patience regarding the full legal process, insisting that the AfD “must be driven out of the country, not banned.” Carmen Wegge, judicial policy spokesperson for the center-left Social Democrats parliamentary group, said she remains “firmly convinced that the AfD is anti-constitutional” and that it “must be examined by the Federal Constitutional Court.” The Left Party has indicated that it supports a ban.

Sahra Wagenknecht, leader of a left-wing opposition party named after her, called the ruling a “slap in the face” for the BfV. The decision is “a campaign gift for the AfD,” she said, blaming those who “tried to combat their political competition with a commissioned favor-currying expert opinion, instead of finally realizing that their own lousy policies are what make the AfD ever stronger.”

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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Politics in Europe > Violence at initiation of right-wing youth group in Germany; Ukraine attacks Kazakh oil distribution center; Political earthquake in store for Europe

 

Chaos erupts at protest against new right-wing German youth group


Left-wing protesters have clashed with police and attacked supporters of the controversial AfD party
Chaos erupts at protest against new right-wing German youth group (VIDEOS)











Mass demonstrations have started in the city of Giessen, where the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has gathered for the weekend to establish a new youth organization called Generation Deutschland (GD).

The protests have been organized by the left-wing Resist alliance, which pledged to block the founding ceremony of the new group.

Activists with the alliance descended on typically quiet college town early on Saturday, attempting to block the roads, break through police cordons, and attack arriving AfD members and supporters.

Local police said groups of protesters were “massively” obstructing traffic. Law enforcement repeatedly used pepper spray and water cannons to dislodge the unruly protesters, who in turn hurled flares and other projectiles at the officers and engaged in head-on charges at police cordons.  

Footage circulating online appears to show a group of black-clad left-wingers brawling with AfD MP Julian Schmidt. The lawmaker, seemingly supported by another individual, engaged in a physical confrontation with the protesters before being knocked to the ground, the video suggests.

Another video circulating online shows a group of violent protesters attacking a car on a road they tried to block. The vehicle reportedly carried either AfD members or journalists slated to cover the GD foundation ceremony.

The violent mob attacked marked police vehicles as well, another video suggests, showing German cops fleeing the scene after their side window was smashed.

Local police said up to 15 officers sustained minor injuries during the unrest. A number of protesters were hurt as well, with local media reporting multiple people showing up at local hospitals for emergency treatment over the day. At least one police horse was injured in the chaos, according to a disturbing picture circulating online.  

The effort to disrupt the AfD event appeared to be partially successful, with the meeting reportedly starting behind schedule as several high-profile figures, including the party’s co-leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, as well as Jean-Pascal Hohm, unable to reach the designated venue on time. Holm was ultimately elected GD chairman. 

The new youth wing replaces the now-dissolved Young Alternative (JA). The latter was disbanded by the party this March after Germany’s federal intelligence agency labeled it an extremist group.




Ex‑Soviet country slams Ukrainian attack on global oil hub


Kazakhstan has condemned Kiev’s drone strike on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium near Novorossiysk, Russia
Ex‑Soviet country slams Ukrainian attack on global oil hub











Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry has condemned a recent Ukrainian strike on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) as “yet another deliberate attack” targeting critical energy infrastructure.

The terminal, located near the Russian port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, is “an exclusively civilian facility whose operation is safeguarded by norms of international law,” the ministry said in a statement on Sunday, blaming Kiev for the incident.

The attack on the CPC marine terminal on Saturday damaged one of its berths beyond repair and forced an immediate halt to cargo operations. In response, Kazakhstan’s government announced plans to reroute oil exports through alternative channels. The strike was reportedly carried out by Ukrainian drones.

Kiev has not officially claimed responsibility for the incident, though its security services have acknowledged similar operations targeting pipeline infrastructure in Russia earlier this year.

In recent months, Ukraine has intensified its strikes on Russian oil infrastructure including refineries, pipelines, and terminals in an effort to disrupt Moscow’s ability to export crude.

Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov has said the CPC is essential to global energy stability and called the incident damaging to Astana’s ties with Kiev.

The latest attack marks the third strike on CPC infrastructure used to export Kazakh oil. In February 2025, seven drones struck the CPC’s Kropotkinskaya pumping station, causing a slowdown.

The CPC pipeline runs from Kazakhstan’s Tengiz oil field across southern Russia to a marine terminal at Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, where oil is loaded onto tankers for shipment to Europe and Asia.

The consortium itself, which is comprised of several international shareholders including the US corporations Chevron and ExxonMobil, has confirmed that the latest drone strike damaged the administrative building at its marine terminal outside Novorossiysk and forced an immediate suspension of cargo operations.

Personnel were reportedly evacuated to shelters after air-raid sirens sounded. Despite the halt, the CPC says the outage was temporary. According to a recent report, oil loadings have resumed at the Black Sea terminal.

Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry has said it values stable energy supplies and urged Ukraine to take “effective measures” to prevent similar incidents in the future.




The stupidity of so many EU leaders who are consistently backing themselves into corners, is astonishing.


Hungarian PM warns of ‘political earthquake’ in Europe


Admitting that Kiev has failed would rattle Ukraine’s backers politically, Viktor Orban has said, accusing the West of fueling the conflict
Hungarian PM warns of ‘political earthquake’ in Europe











Admitting Ukraine has failed in its conflict with Russia would cause a “political earthquake” in Western Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. He warned that Western leaders are preparing to send troops and are allowing the conflict to “become a business.”

Orban spoke a day after making a surprise trip to Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Ukraine, trade, and energy. Despite the EU’s diplomatic boycott, he said Hungary has not yielded to pressure to cut ties with Russia and again offered to host peace talks.

Admitting that Ukraine has failed and that this cannot go on “would cause a fundamental earthquake in European politics,” he said during a speech on Saturday.

He warned that the West is increasingly open to direct involvement. “First they gave money, they gave weapons, and now it has emerged that if really necessary, they will also send soldiers,” Orban said.

Hungary has refused to provide weapons or troops to Ukraine and has repeatedly urged for a ceasefire. Orban’s government has frequently clashed with NATO and the EU nations’ leaders over its stance.

Orban believes diplomacy regarding the conflict has fallen prey to the defense sector. “Business circles connected to the military industry have an increasing influence on politics,” he pointed out, citing France’s deal with Kiev to purchase 100 combat aircraft and German arms factories being built in Ukraine.

Orban also claimed the West had managed to block a peace deal early in the conflict and that the move had ultimately harmed Ukraine. “The West prevented the Ukrainians from reaching an agreement, saying that time was on their side. But it turned out that it wasn’t,” he said.

“They are in a worse position today than if they had reached an agreement in April 2022,” he added, referring to the preliminary deal reached during the Istanbul talks. Kiev unilaterally walked away from those negotiations.

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