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- Hundreds of thousands have come out across Germany in recent days to protest the Alternative for Germany (AfD). The far-right populist party with a strong anti-immigration focus is enjoying record highs in opinion polls. Nationwide surveys show that about one in five Germans would vote for it, and the AfD is projected to come first in elections in three eastern states later this year. So how did Germany get here? And how is society responding?
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German politicians should be asking themselves what they did wrong for the far right to gain that many voters , and what they should do in the future for citizens . Most EU countries are in the same state , all going extreme right , because politicians and the EU in particular have not been listening to the needs of citizens , but big business and investors
They have shown their hypocrisy. Why should any one support them when they themselves are supporting the genocide in Gaza.
Yes, and? Do you not want to hold fascists accountable for their actions?
Thank you !
It is mind-boggling that to this day the media such as DW and the established parties refuse to take responsibility for the success of the AfD.
If even the CDU agrees to mass-immigration, people will look for an "Alternative". Just because the establishment doesn't like conservatism, doesn't mean that the average guy will identify with their worldview and values.
@@monkeibusinessyou don’t know what the definition of fascism is. You implement a pseudo, quasi, personalized interpretation.
Qatar and Iran donating money to politicians who promote immi, gration
I can tell you one thing for sure, when you try to ban / deny people from voting on them. If comes back bigger and stronger every time
Extremists, whether Right or Left, never seem to understand that.
That is proven wrong, crazy wrong. Look at the NPD / DKP / SRP banning trials. DKP and SRP were banned, their ideas since then have never really shown up again in any matter of importance.
The NPD faced two trials and in the end wasn’t banned for being too unimportant. Even then, they lost huge numbers of voters.
A common shameful leftist cannot comprehend that though.
The KPD very much didn't, sure the ideology remained but the remnants never unified to be an actual political entity
That literally makes no sense lol
The trouble with banning the AfD is that the voters and the ideas behind the party are still there. You need to draw people away from those ideas, give people a better vision for the future - and hope. True success would not be the banning of the AfD but the loss of support for their ideas.
Ideas like restricting migration into social systems and deporting those who have no right to stay in the country are the democratic consensus, as can be seen in the existing law. It is a very small, far-left minority that tries to frame everything outside their ideology as "against the democracy", but that won't work. The only promising way to shrink the AfD is to solve the issues, in particular those with illegal migration.
You are right! this is the homework now for the current political elite of Germany.
I agree that silencing people tends to make them more radical and exasperates the problem, in essence a self-fulfilling prophecy.
the idea of self preservation, self love, no censorship ?
But the Liberal parties have no answer to defeat the AFD, and their ideology that's why they are banning them, cutting their funding etc.
What is "far right" about wanting safe streets and secure borders?
It’s only far right when it concerns white people
Whitewashing the facts. 😂
you know if they were to actually tackle the issues that are pushing the far right instead of just screaming at it then it would actually be effective.
Like you do in England?
But that would mean acting like the far-right.
@ Flugs0
Exactly!
"Why doesn't the government enact the policies that the genocidal neofascist elite are convincing me to support? Don't they know about the existential threat that I've been lied to about??"
@@soundscape26 You don't realize how Orwellian it sounds to ban a political party in order to "save democracy."
Political science 101 and history 101 says if you silence the voices of a group of people they will become MORE radical. In other words you are creating what you hate by choice, then you will have to become more radical yourself and authoritarian yourself in order to now control what you created. You will become what you hate, as history has taught us.
The problem I see here is you have probably not thought this through and we might be past the point of no return when what is required is serious open communication and serious conflict resolution.
Do you really want to radicalized those who make the food? What will come next? Seizing the production from food producers? This has not worked out well historically when you replace competent food producers. Are you prepared for long term reduction in standard of living. I don't really understand how you see things playing out?
If you know what islam is...then its not islamophobic
comparing Islam to Christianity or Judaism I can't find any fundamental differences -- it's all the same (weird) stuff.
the only problem are people who take their religion too serious !
@@derKosmoprolet369then you haven’t read the Quran or paid much attention to the last 1300 years.
@@uhwakei dont need to read the entire Qur'an to understand what islam is and what they practice and that it doesn't belong in europe
Qatar and Iran are founding the BBC and mainstream media, watch out
@@NuSuntSerb christianity started and originated from the middle east and according To your logic it dosent belong to Europe. Genuis 😂😂😂
Every western country needs to figure out how many people can migrate in and be financially taken care of by the taxpayers. Can each taxpayer be held to support 5 families. There is some number at which the taxpayer cannot support one more family. That’s where you stop.
isn't it great that by far most immigrants work and pay taxes, then?
@@jurgnobs1308 people with his rhetoric don't care about that fact. They only focus on say 10000 out of 1+million that are working and contributing
When did Economy has infinite Job for people? look at Indian labour market and think again.
Or maybe don't push it to the absolute limit? Crazy, I know.
@@macontu01 more people also create more demand and more jobs.
One big mistake.
His name is Bernd Höcke and not Björn. Some trolls even changed it in Google
That's not how Google works. And even a Google search would clearly tell you that his name is Björn and that heute show made a joke about him being called Bernd.
@@t.3066 u still dont get it - its bernd.
@@mpeGii my bad, it was early in the morning. You're absolutely right, it's bernd.
It's a mistake saying 1 of 5 germans would vote for them. the poll is saying 1 of 5 people who took part in the poll would maybe vote for AfD. thats a difference.
I assume you didn't take the Statistics exam at university, right?
@@trumpforever6706 Wrong assumption even though i give you the opportunity to speak your arguments because you did not till now.
@@user-ku5be4nc3gdo you not know what a sample size of a whole set is? That’s how poles are made.
@@Sora_Nai I do know. Thats why i made the differenciation which is not made in this Video. the Video states clearly that 1 of 5 germans would vote for AfD and this is not true as this was not the question of the poll. i live in germany and i have read the publikation. So Tell me facts or pls go away.
@@user-ku5be4nc3g You know all polls are rigged to favor the communists right?
If it was 1 in 5 wouldn't vote anybody else but AfD, they would certainly not tell the public this.
And if you are a German and not an immigrant, then you should that all the history is a lie fabrikated by communist allies.
I'm a leftie, but unfortunately I don't think the political movement should be banned for the sake of democracy. What should be banned is any kind of dictatorship, whether it is from the right or the left. There should be check and balance.
"I'm a leftie" Says no leftie. Ever.
If only the ban on the NSDAP had been maintained in the 20s and 30s! The world would have been spared a lot, right?
@@walther2492 Too true, speaks of a real simplistic worldview which is more commonly found in distinctly not left circles.
@@J_A_W_ oh simplistic worldviews are abundant in left circles, that's why utopian communist ideas have all their supporters there
Is it undemocratic to ban a party that hates democracy and wishes to tear it down?
Far right is what you call anyone even moderately right of center now. You aren't fooling us.
The music is very distracting. It does not add to the experience, but rather detracts.
And it's a diss track.
Ohh poor baby
How is AMERICA responding to its far-right?
There is none.
The only far right in America is Antifa and BLM.
We are in quiet rising in popularity. The left will fall soon.
@@ron9381😂🤦 What about Trump for example?!
And you have a lot of other right wing organisations! How naive can you be to claim there is none?!
Trump is not right wing just a business man from New York. in the middle of the political spectrum. He did more in the four years that he was president to improve things in the US than any president in the last 100 years. There is the Hells angels, and a few other radical groups that could be considered right wing, but I have never seen them except for driving down the road with their motorcycles, with the large number of illegal aliens, and not taking care of our security at home, Joe Biden has done everything to destroy this nation, and nothing to fix any of the problems. The homeless problem fentanyl problem are all the results of the socialist and communist in power.@@janajacoby3391
DW's biased news coverage.
Biased against what, exactly?
@@jasonbond5213 DW is financed by the GEZ ( Gebühreneinzugszentrale), a fee all Germans have to pay to finance "independent" state media. Good thing they make videos in english supporting the government POV instead of producing german media for german people. Those bootlickers. Show me a regularly producing media outlet, that's foreign and goes the length of putting out german content paid for by their people. Lächerlich.
Please elaborate.
You don't have to respond to the far rightyou have to solve the problems that brings desperate people to vote this way. You really don't get it do you! HOPELESS 😢
Most far right voters are not poor. Fa right parties generally attract an older male demographic.
Disappointment in the government is no excuse to vote for anti-democratic fascists.
They are not anti democratic. Also the grand majority is not fascist. What makes you think so particularily?@@philipkoene5345
@@24k__J So what would you be doing with Philip? Have you established a solution for "hopeless" people?
The problems that cause the rise of right-wing populism are extremely complex. It's not a case of just shutting borders and all will be well. A nation has to be able to work constantly and constructively with allies to find logical and humane remedies to this, as well as allowing trade and prosperity.
Germans seeking the far right considering many of issues they face are a result of poor national governance, is hypocrisy. After all, being the de facto head of EU policy in many respects isn't enough, is it?
The world isn't perfect. People will never get everything they want. Can't have (relative) prosperity and freedom without open trade and (relative) open borders. Get used to it, and act like responsible adults. There is no "happy ending" to the policies of hatred, and there never will be, regardless of what side of the fence we are in.
I M M I G R A T I O N
I’d rather be far-right than far-wrong.
You can be both at the same time...
@@kameliastoyanova7198 Germany for the Germans
After neo liberalisme, comes anti demokrati.
We are here now.
We are not! AfD is certainly anything but democratic
can you explain more ?
@@bahaamuhsen3254 When the need of you as a person, are sold away to low pay workers. That person is no longer part of what he thord he was. Germany started selling out there work after the wall come down. Now it's coming back up.
They want protect the country.
Danke an alle Mitbürger, die auf die Straße gegangen sind💪🇩🇪
Nie wieder ist jetzt.
What are you doing to address those who feel politically homeless and feel their only choice is a far right Govt?
@@user-xb9wb8sc9l Eine Rechts- Außen Regierung mit Extremisten und Radikalen? Hat in der Vergangenheit nicht so gut funktioniert falls du dich erinnerst. Nein danke. Kümmer du dich um dein eigenes Land.
@@user-xb9wb8sc9l far right is never an option; If you would've read their policies, you would know that parties like the AfD are the worst economic option for the regular citizen. Even apart from ludacris ideas like leaving the EU which would utterly destroy the german economy, their "more reasonable" economical decisions are still extremely pro rich people since all of those far right european parties are founded by rich lobbyists.
@@user-xb9wb8sc9lif the people who vote for AfD would actually take some time to read the party program they would notice, that they’re the ones suffering from a party like AfD being in the government. i.e. lower class citizens and people without academic background. If the AfDs program became reality, it would be economical suicide for Germany meaning millions would lose their jobs and homes.
Chaotic and poor governance 🚥always leads to radical solutions.
The concern that not addressed by democratic and centrist parties may be addressed by far right, if nothing change. We must stop influx of traditionalists. It's not about isamophobia. It's a phobia of losing free liberties and fr as soceites norms that exist in Europe and that not match is with many from middle East and more rarely from other countries. People who want citizenship must adopt to local culture and liberal values. If they don't want to, they must never get a citizenship
what far right about the AFD
why must you stop the influx of traditionalist shouldn't a country want to value and preserve their traditional values and culture
how would the right wing winning take away free liberties
frankly speaking and unpopular opinion I think it is morally okay for a country to have as little as little immigration. A country is a home and if you want as little as 0 people in your home you have the right to do that and I think that 100% fine.
@@ezekielrayfield1512 I agree
6:39 To elaborate further. Banning and cutting funds both need the federal constitution court to conclude that the AFD is actively "fighting" (they don't need a SA therefore the quotation marks) against the liberal democratic basic order. Therefore using the article in the basic law to cut funding for a party, who tries to abolish democracy, and banning the party is the same one. If the parliament then decides just to cut their financial aid, it would be strange and also make it afterwards really difficult to ban them. Also the party doesn't really have a problem with their rich donors to finance their networks and apron organisations/media.
Therefore banning and taking the passive right to be voted for are the only options.
While a ban on the federal level is currently in the opinion of many lawyers not winnable, it may be possible to do that just in the most extremist states.
Taking anyones right to be voted for is most likely not winnable or useful. On the one hand there isn't just one figure head that is against the constitution and even if, then the person won't lose their connection and position in the party.
It most likely isn't winnable too. When the federal constitution court banned a nsdap successor party (SRP) their (former) leader won in the same year the case about his passive voting right by the very same federal constitution court judges. So even when his own party was already banned, the same judges didn't allowed the parliament or federal chamber or government to take any of his basic rights away.
Since the war, there were more than 10 cases, where revoking someone's basic rights was tried, but they all failed.
On the other hand two parties were successfully banned (SRP&KPD) and one cut from subsidies (NPD/Die Heimat).
The answer of this problem isn't banning AfD but giving a reason not to give power to fascists.
I don't like AfD at all but there is a reason why Germans vote for them.
This is similar to what is happening in the UK Brexit, the Conservative party and now reform UK .I can’t understand how EU citizens can’t see the damage Brexit has caused us
It's also exactly the same clientele. Many older people living in the structurally weak countryside, often with a low level of education and/or income. Fortunately, we are still a long way from 51%
Maybe because Germany is in Recession ?? The only party in Britain that supports rejoining the EU got 3% of votes in last by election.😂😂😂 !
@@2msvalkyrie529 the UK is in recession economy hasn’t grown for 17 years part from London and Northern Ireland. There was a slight majority for Brexit and now a big majority to rejoin the EU
One side: 🏳️🌈 flags
The other side: 🇩🇪 flags
As a Brit, I think that’s pretty telling
I can tell you voted for Brexit and are now trying to project your helpless sitation on other nations. Rest assured that the flags don't matter in Germany, never did since the 3rd Reich.
Instead of tackling and solving the problems AfD is addressing, our politicians simply critisise AfD for pointing the problems (uncontrolled migration) out. That´s not how to deal with the situation. AfD. will not get smaller if you don´t solve the migration crisis. You can demonstrate as much against it as you want.
Btw, those demonstrations were not a movement from the people. Instead our left wing government initiated them and asked people to participate in them. I find that kind of strange. Because I normally think of demonstrations as movements from the poeple against the government.
Zu viel Telegram geschaut, hm? Wo bleibt nur mein Demogeld? Hab immer noch nicht bekommen!1elf1!!! 🤣
@@AN31DO01RR96 No Spanish in the comments bitte.
Your premises are all false
These are people, not the government asking people to do it. People did vote in the current government.
@@unconventionalideas5683 According to our state media the government asked people to participate in the demonstrations. If even state media is stating such a thing I doubt its wrong.
Have you tried calling them deplorable? I hear that's an approach you could take....
You mean the German bourgeois are responding to politics they don't like?
people are fed up with liberal progressive policies. Germany is in decline and things need to change.
Illiberal conservatism then?
things need to be changed....sure!......but NOT in the direction the 'right wingers 'want to go ( direction abyss!)
They are not even true liberal when they are supporting Israel in its genocide in Gaza.
What about it is in decline?
That sounds familiar, there was a funny man with a mustache that said the same thing... What was his name?
Wait, so your response to something you consider a damage to democracy, is an action that is anti-democratic?
Protesting isn't anti-democratic though. Its very democratic. Also, some of the things talked about in that meeting (I read some of it) is not just considered anti-democratic, it is per definition anti-democratic. They talk about things like controlling the media
If banning the AfD is what you are referring to, then banning it IF it would be ruled to be a danger to democracy would also not be anti-democratic. Claiming that it is is kind of like saying we can't imprison murderers because that would be anti-freedom. Your freedom ends there where that of the other person starts, and it is similar with democracy. If a party is a empirically danger to it, then banning it is the right choice, since democracy needs to protect itself.
@@emptyptr9401And you see no way this could lead to further consequences?😂, the mind if a leftist is truly a enigmatic one.
@@dannydanny865 Firstly, lets remain respectful of each other.
Secondly, what specifically are you referring to? If you refer to the banning if the AFD, yes, there is a case to be made that it would make things worse. It would be sure to make many people very angry, which is bad in the short term, but I would argue that, should the party lawfully be deemed a danger to democracy, the long term benefits outweigh the short term drawbacks. After all, extremist parties do intentionally channel and amplify extremist viewpoints because it benefits them. They aren't just passive voices of the many.
If you are referring to how this might open the door to more parties being outlawed, I think that is very speculative since this would not happen on a whim, it would be the result of a very long, lawfully conducted investigation. So I don't think that this would open any flood-gates in that regard, if it is done lawfully. Also, I think the danger to democracy of a party that actively peruses anti-democratic goals is far higher than the consequences from outlawing that same party. Sure, there is some risk in that, but the risk of just letting them continue like nothing was happening is far higher I'd say.
@@emptyptr9401 I have not heard any “anti-democratic” measures from the AFD, or at least I have not been told what makes them so anti-democratic from mainstream parties and outlets, all I am told is they are anti-democratic and that is that, which you would imagine does not inspire much confidence from me in their words if they are not even willing to platform these so called anti-democratic sentiments. As well, if the AFD has so much support among Germans, what makes you think that banning their opinions instead of addressing their concerns would decrease radicalization. As in so far in history, I have only seen the banning of unpopular opinions causing those who hold them to grow more radical, especially if the government continually ignored their concerns. As far as I see it, the German mainstream politicians only wish to lessen a threat to their power and thus it seems more like a power grab to me than anything particularly noble.
Why is DW still silent about Hamas tunnel under UN Headquarters in Gaza even after the international medias has confirmed it.
maybe because it's not the topic here (?) ..... and they don't talk about IDF 'activities' either
How come the media never talks about left wing extremism?
For sure it does, just listen to Jordan Peterson and Fox News
There's no such left wing extremist in western now. Only liberal party who is afraid with democracy.
@@sigilpop Fair enough, I guess I should have specified government run outlets such as this and mainstream outlets. There is certainly an enormous left wing bias overall in the MSM.
The funny thing is that they barely talk about "right wing" extremism.
They just want you to think that who they're talking about are actually "extremists" because they politically oppose them, thus painting a false narrative.
Cause unlike the far right its not much of a threat to the government currently. Why talk about the ant colony in your basement when theres an agressive lion at your front door
Thank you
You created the problem in the first place and you know it.
Also: How this Germany is responding to the Israel's far-right government: with solidarity
Germany isn't.
@@marleneMS Yes, it is. It offers diplomatic support at the UN, legal and judicial support at the ICJ, financial support for the genocide, and weapons supply for the ethnic cleansing.
in which world are you living?!@@marleneMS
The German government is - not the country in toto. People are actually quite conflicted on the issue. Many support Palestinians, many see good and bad on both sides and take a more nuanced position.
They are at war, before the war, it wasnt like that and it wont stay like that, except if the right gets its power
How is Germany responding to the increasing crime rates particularly against women and Knife attacks?
They probably accuse the victims of being " racist ". ? And make sure the story does not appear in
Media . That's the normal method .
So good to see who the real silent majority have been all along.
Not the AFD fans as often claimed but the modern open Germans looking to make the country and world a better place.
Many years ago a German with a weird mustache said the same and after that Germany go to the absolute other side but still using the same narrative with the difference that they have US support and repeating the same by bullying and silencing voices that disagree with them because only them have the monopoly of trying to make a "better world" and if course whatever they do is right and everyone that don't think the same are evil....
sure! over other countries dead bodys! why German government suport perpetrators of genocide in Gaza?
Such a silent majority they censor the opposition and try and prevent people from being allowed to vote for them. If normal Germans think the country has gone in the wrong direction since the 1990s they should be allowed to vote for an alternative
why German government supported perpetrators of genocide in Gaza
why German government supported perpetrators of genocide in Gaza ?
People are getting upset because of a political party
Bernd Höcke is the biggest Karen in the world.
Curious what definition of “indiscriminate” is being used? ‘Cause, selectively targeting non-citizens who came to your country illegally and deporting them back to their country of origin doesn’t seem like “indiscriminate” to me. ‘Sounds like justice, actually. Justice for all of those who respected their new nation by immigrating legally, those who had a deep respect for the culture of their new country by fostering a strong desire to become and remain a citizen in good standing.
So deporting naturalized citizens is justice? Deporting based on race, not on actions or character or legal status is justice?
Many are talking about "passport germans" and "biological germans". It's sadly not only about "illegals".
Considering for centuries, we in the western world ran roughshod over these same places without any respect for those places and then asking they respect our countries is the level of cognitive dissonance I never want to achieve.
Do you really think that's what the Austrian guy from the identitarian movement meant, when he and other people talked about making life for the ones they can't find a "legal" way for as hard as possible. Man. They have people and connections that go beyond that and by now if you just followed the development of the AfD you can easily notice how people that weren't extreme enough got pushed out.
@@elawson1991 What distant generations before us from the same geographical area did in the general area of places where people come from today is in no way an excuse to go to a foreign country and spit on their laws and rules. I mean you literally justify most terrorism with you comment like what
Let’s wait until the election
Exactly! But I'm pretty sure it wont go the way you want to. 😘
When a polilitical party uses variability moments to grow,you know that it's messed up...
Americans can definitely relate to this situation
Germany's response to the far right from the far left.
Actually they are protesting against everything that is right of the centre. That not only includes the far right but also the normal right. Basically there is no way to be conservative in Germany without being confronted with accussations of being far right. Our media tries to blur the difference between far right and right because they are quite left wing and want to asfixate anything that is conservative in general.
@@tosche774 Nonsense, these protests arose in response to afd's forced deportation plans, not to just regular conservatism.
@@tosche774 CDU/CSU Is very much conservative and not "far right".
Exactly, look at them drawing their rainbow flags. Completely out of context
The CDU/CSU are absolutely not conservative. They literally opened the border in 2015@@retro2405
While it is great to see that so many people protest neonazi ideology this is not a real solution. Far right is getting so popular because far left elitsts and politicians have ignored the problems and concerns of a lot of people, driving them to the far right in order to be heard. The lack of understanding and respect for opinions that are slightly different from the "ideal left" is what drives the rise of populism. And I am afraid that the politicians haven't learnd that lesson yet.
You dont have to respect ALL opinions. Fascist theory deserves no respect.
Putting aside that almost no one on the far left is in power, if that's what's driving people to the far right, that raises quite a few questions, including if democracy is even truly feasible in a society where that can happen.
then extreme left dictatorship neither, correct ? @@bullpup1337
ah yes the far left; would you like to enlighten me where there are far left elitist politicians governing germany? Last time I've checked germany came of 16 years of consecutive conservative government followed by a centrist liberal government we have currently headed by Olaf Scholz aka the most centrist guy the SPD could have picked.
There are no "far left elitists" in the German government.
Just like in the US too many government officials steering public funds towards private interests while slashing funding for public infrastructure or transferring publicly owned assets into private hands in the name of "efficiency" for too long.
Simultaneously raising fees for just about everything government related & O.K.-ing higher rates for everything else deemed mandatory for legal citizenship ! If this isn't perfect fertile ground for the loons to make their attempt then I do not know what will wake our elected officials up to the fact we demand more accountability & transparency, like yesterday.
The public doesn't need more regulation, the government does
Thousands protesting; millions voting.
Yup. Leftwing people love to protest. Love to make noise. Love to get media attention. Love to do all that but not actually do anything real or meaningful.
Doesn't mean they are popular or will maintain their power. Tides are shifting and it is long past time.
It was 2-3 million or more who were protesting against the AfD until now, not thousands.
fifteen times the occupancy of Glastonbury? What a load of bollocks. It's clearly nowhere near that level. @@janajacoby3391
Jana is right, big protests in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and many other big or small cities after the first weekend alone were 1,3 Million against far right
Having massive rallies by 100,000s of people against the AfD is not a sign that the AfD is not popular. Germany has over 80 million people. The size of the rallies simply confirms that the far left is still very good at rallying its followers.
Meanwhile, I'm wondering why this report didn't have a single interview with an AfD voter.
This protest is also organized by other conservative forces not only the "far left"...
It is just WRONG INFORMATION again and again! There were between 2-3 million people protesting against the AfD until now or more...There were 1,4 million protesters on one weekend alone and there have been demonstrations with several hundredthousand participants on one demonstration for weeks now...
Research shows that a protest of over 3 percent of a country's population is usually successfully changing political positioning of politicians and parties because they signal clearly a mood in the population who are also voters. In Germany it was more than 1 percent of the population in the streets only in the first weekend. By now more than 3%. And this is not just the far left. I have seen plenty of elderly people in the streets who said they never went to the streets in their life before but now they are scared. Don't forget that the older generations in Germany had their childhood just after the end of fascism. My dad spent his childhood playing in the ruins of a bombed castle
Maybe actually listen to your fellow citizens concerns instead of vilifying them.
When a polilitical party uses vunrability moments to grow,you know that it's messed up...
what's wrong with mass deportations they came illegally..
They're talking about people with German citizenship...
@@saba1030 citizenship means nothing, they will be deported too
@@hyperquantum3020
Please read BOTH comments...this is exactly what I wrote...
@@saba1030 Having German citizenship means absolutely nothing, only Ethnic Germans are Germans
The AfD’s fascist rhetoric is really disturbing. It is nice to see all the good people in Germany showing up to protest against Fascism.
how about protesting against the Far Left, those behind the ongoing cultural marxism infiltrating, subverting and destroying democracies all over the world?
The protest against the AfD. That´s not the same as fascism.
Liberals around the world should take note and try to understand why this same thing is happening in so many civilized countries. The liberal approach to immigration is not working. Immigration should be based on merit and the willingness of the immigrant to adapt fully to the culture of their new country.
Also consider the fact that Middle Eastern and African countries have 3-5 times the birth-rates of EU nations. This is not sustainable, especially given the climate conditions of those countries. If you want to help those people, pressure their governments to improve infrastructure, birth-control etc. Otherwise uncontrolled immigration is just fuel for the far-right, and actually unfair to the meritorious and deserving immigrants..
Most important thing is to show how false the narrative about needing more workers is .? The
great Ponzi scheme . ! Which has no end figure ....
Conspiracy theories run rampant on Coast to Coast AM in the states.
It feels like history is paraphrasing itself.
🙋♂️🇩🇪
What secret plan?
To deport German citizen of foreign descent, if the AfD would ever hold public office in a federal level.
Sounds like America, Italy, Poland, South Korea, Japan and Sweden
while supporting far right regimes around the world
what is the Germany response to far-left?
Google Die Linke, it's the far left party that has been around for years, but is losing voters to the AfD now, because in reality those people don't care about politics, they just want to vote for the most disruptive option because they want to see everything burn out of frustration about their own personal situation.
None cause the "far left" has turned moderate in recent years, barely makes it into government in elections and actually respects the constitution somewhat unlike the AFD who talks about deporting not only immigrants but people with citizenship just because of their heritage.
Everything is far right. If you are not gay you are far right.
Nice gaslighting, but I think we can safely assume a party that wants to forcibly dport all non whytes is far right chummy.
@@Notyourbussiness1are you REALLY (!) believing that? I'm not gay And not far right! ( like the majority of the people as well)
@@Notyourbussiness1 Does skin colour unite a country or is it culture and language?
@@anibeto7 all three
I’m far left
In the comments, Caver38 and other ‘concerned citizens’ seem to have a bot (oups) a lot of opinions about a continent in which they don’t seem to live nor have any knowledge.
Really ? Is that against German law ? Sounds racist to me ?
This sounds like the U.S in many ways
They can scream and shout but at least the voting is secret so no one can be harassed for who they vote for.
Europe and north america are victims of their own success. They are very attractive to those born in the various corrupt and autocratic countries of the world. We europeans should see migration of confirmation of the fact that we are on the fight path, abd do not need extreme ideologies.
A lot of people migrating to both N. America & Europe are fleeing the blowback from colonialism, bad policies, warmongering, coups, violence, sanctions and meddling from U.S. and European governments.
controlled immigration solves this issue. It worked for decades and it still works.
@@Sick_Pencil Uncontrolled migration also worked for tens of thousands of millennia. The lie coming from these far-white parties is the false idea that when brown folk are inside the imaginary line drawn onto a map, it is actually an existential threat to [YOU] personally.
"sucess" means to exploit poor contries and supporting dictatorships like US in South America?
@jornalistarenatarosa4205 yes, be better and be successful without "exploiting" countries
Wir sind mehr.
Yeah let's have a 4 or 5 party government. That's definitely going to end well, wink wink
Voters don’t care about nuance. A lot of the pressing issues Germany (and many others) need to address are complex and require immense coordination across various jurisdictions. The voters don’t care about politician’s plans to tackle these problems nor do they appreciate the nuances of public administration. Instead, they only care about sexy slogans like the “removal of immigrants.” This is abhorrent from an ethical, social and economical standpoint. Yet people love to hear folks being scapegoated to make them feel better about their own individual situation. Glad the German people are standing up for democracy.
It takes guts to sit down and write this comment, knowing damn well how many problems migration is causing in the EU. It is now the main preoccupation for many voters and the ruling parties are not taking care of the issue. It’s logical that populists will gain traction when the pleas of the people are not being heard.
You are in a dreamland. Illegal immigration is ruining your country.
Wait until June elections !!
Islam …….
Increase the native German birth rate!
Listen to the will of the people 🎉🎉 and people won't be radicalized.
Migration, agriculture, war and other subjects don't turn the blind eye to the problems and be firm , people are tired of weak people and weak speeches
so you are waiting for the 'strong' man with simplistic answers? -- It didn't work well in the past!
I am praying for your children.
You are the conspiracy theorists
Yet they just gained an additional 1% in Berlin...
Happens every generation or two. Like a big wheel haha
Still polling at 20%
which means at least 80% of the German people are - more or less - decent. That‘s a majority.
@@katarn999, but since the far-left protesters are against "right" at all, they are against a majority of about 60% (AfD + Union + FW + FDP). And if we consider that even parts of the SPD and the Greens are supporting deportation of foreigners, the "Kein Mensch ist illegal"-followers see themselves in a very minority.
@@katarn999 You mean brainwashed.
There will always be uneducated and frustrated people flocking to these extremists parties, they will never have any real political say in Germany.
@@randyraudi7725 Yeah… only people who buy into conspiracy theories would claim that 80% of the German population is brainwashed… 🙄
The solution is to try to conquer the middle, and cherry pick some ideas that can be adopted.
As an example you can have a strict migration policy while still caring for ethnic minority citizens.
There have been attempts of this by germanies more centric parties, as is even discussed towards the end of this video. Its a highly problematic strategy, due to the Overton window. The Overton window is a way to make radical opinions more accepted in society by making super radical claims, so that less radical but still extreme positions suddenly seem more reasonable. Party members from other parties like the CDU have adopted the populist rethoric and talking points of the AfD, like CDU Party leader Friedrich Merz, who has made a lot of populist and racist comments inspired by the AfD. This does not lead to fascists losing power. It'll mean that they can start to more openly spout their racist and inhumane ideologies and less people will care because it's now also adapted by the middle of society. Also, most of the policies of the AfD are highly destructive. Cherry picking a policy and establishing it will only lead to a dangerous policy being established and the party now being able to make even more radical claims. So no, this is not a solution, it makes it easier for fascists to seem reasonable and reach more people. You don't cooperate with fascists. You don't listen to them. You don't adapt their rethoric or policies.
@@jasonbond5213in the USA the left tried only confrontation and now Trump is going to be the president in 2024......the people decide what is extreme not you.
In Denmark the Social democrats adopted a strict migration policy. And they have reached a point where they can present their politics without populist rhetoric and racist comments. Instead they just focus in the idea that you need citizenship to live in a country. This clear message allowed them to steal back votes from the populist right wing parties. Sooner or later the same thing will happen in Germany.
How Germany is responding to the far-right ... in Ucrania?
So when is DW going to have a piece on far-left extremists.....?
When the office for the protection of the constitution will state that a left wing party in the parliament is antidemocratic.
What far left extremism there are no left wing parties any more its all liberal center right even when winning you blame the boogeyman left
You mean those dangerous Dangerous Teenies that squat in old buildings in cities to protest gentrification? Ooooh yes, so scaaaaary
They aren’t a clear and present threat to democracy. I guess they will when that happens.
1 in 5 is bad, but unfortunately the Republicans in the US have even more support.
Yes it is, a race to the bottom.
This is happening all over the world. The economy is getting centralized in the big cities and people in Rural areas feel that they are getting left behind.
This is a natural consequence of economic development, but it creates a feeling of mistrust that threatens the cohesion of socitey
This needs international coverage
Politics is a pendulum, swings left to right, when bonkers left wing policies happen, it will swing back right. Centered policy's are only way. As an old fashioned Liberal, the left has pushed everything to far
yes, institutional racism in Germany, like Bewerbungsfoto and 100% ethnic German corporate world, needs international coverage.
Don't worry ! Anyone who has visited Germany in the last 10 years has noticed the changes. !!
Huck Föcke
America needs to pay attention.
The farmers? 🇩🇪🚜🚜The protests against war in Ucrania? 🪧🪧🇺🇦 The protests against war in Gaza? 🪧🪧🇵🇸
democracy is about people chose the leaders. whoever wins the election should serve the people. if millions support left then millions of supporting right too. so respect democracy and stop manipulating people as a news channels.
only if the winning Party tolerates the constitution
The AfD does. @@derKosmoprolet369
You can keep flogging this, and tarring political opponents as far right, but you ignore the concerns and needs of tens of millions of Germans to your own peril.
...and what's about the concerns and needs of the other tens of millions germans who are not willing to live in a ethnical homogeneous society? ( still the majority in this country)
The AfD doesn't have tens of million of followers in Germany, it's a few million at most.
So much for assuming germany has matured past facism after expirencing it
Facism is a version of socialism.
The problem is not political party, it is their people who still have those ideas.
German people have been and always will be racist.
How is Germany responding to the FAR LEFT BOLSHEVIKS
Name one.
Whom? Where?
did you get your history lessons in the states? Do you even understand what a Bolshevik is....or better said; was (cause there are not many left) ?
Bernd Höcke bitteschön.
Enough BS from DW
You probably mean: Too much reality for your brain
Would you care to elaborate what the "BS" is?
So my understanding as inferred from DW is, those who participated in the protests are all German citizens who are eligible to vote?
I participated and I'm eligible to vote in Germany
@@toxx1220so your the entire population of Germany?
@@toxx1220 So am I?
Similar to demos in London recently. 80 % wearing hijab....but
hey!.....they're British !
Smells like 1933.
Whatever happened to Frauke Petry
She resigned after taking bribes from a billionaire and was spreading dirt about the AfD afterwards, calling the AfD a party of chaotic protest voters.
Everything seems far right, once you drifted far left.
Far right is far right - thats not a matter of perspective. And many politicians in the AfD as well as multiple, regional AfD offices have been court-classified as extremist right.
The far left and far right are pretty similar.
@@philipkoene5345 "Court-classified as far right" What a beautifully authoritarian statement.
@@Hexiad well, believe it or not, but extremist right sentiment is classified as a threat to our constitution. So if our non-partisan courts classify you as extremist right, our internal security agency can and has to monitor your activity. Its the way our democracy protects itself. We have learned from our past and put a lot of failsafes in place.
@@Hexiad Care to explain how the afd wanting to forcibly deport all non whites from Germany isn't a very far right intention?
This should be good...
You can drown out their noise all you want....but have you tried hearing their concerns? I did... while most of it is garbage...they have one or two legitimate concerns.
It is mind-boggling that to this day the media such as DW and the established parties refuse to take responsibility for the success of the AfD.
If even the CDU agrees to mass-immigration, people will look for an "Alternative". Just because the establishment doesn't like conservatism, doesn't mean that the average guy will identify with their worldview and values.
They are getting money from Gulf Arab states like Qatar, they are in their pocket
It's mind boggling that people frustrated with their own life choices and personal situation seek comfort in racism so they can have something to be proud of (their country) and someone to look down upon (immigrants).
@@moos5221 that may be but the AfD didn’t come from nowhere. Instead of condescending others maybe think about the role we played in creating the problem? A people without a conservative voice in politics will vote for the next best thing. If the CDU didn’t act in 2015 the way it did, there would be no right wing overtake now.
@@moos5221 The numbers of the Polizeiliche Kriminalstatisik do not lie, and neither are they racist. They are facts, if not under-reported.
Do we know how many of the afd voters are men?
Okay and what is the right then when AFD is supposed to be the far right?
CSU
Correct,,CDU CSU is right, AfD is far right
"I am scared for our democracy" - Proceeds to call for the ban of a political party he dosnt like.
Yes! That's the whole idea behind the militant/defensible democracy.
Don't tolerate those that want to destroy the freedom and liberty for all citizens.
What's your solution to the paradox of tolerance then?
Paradox of tolerance my man. No room for anti-democratic sentiment in a democracy.
@@J_A_W_ This is not a democracy This is a liberal dictatorship. Putin will free you soon.
The Weimar Republic tolerated the NSDAP and where did that lead? You cannot tolerate facists otherwise tolerance will die.
Fascist extremism can’t be tolerated in a democracy because it will destroy democracy.
I'm a legal resident in Germany on a student visa. I have been living in a WG with twovGermans for the last 5 months.
Let me tell you something, it's a tough ask. Both of them are extremely conscious about cleaning. They love having discussions for hours about how cleaning should be done. Sometimes the advice goes overdrive to the point it becomes a disturbance. When I tried to reach out for guidance to the man, he was so impolite and one time he literally shoved the door at me. The woman is comparatively polite and the reason why I'm still stuck here.
I do not mind if the people don't say "Hallo" every time they see me outside. But the intolerance and complete lack of respect really bothers me. I hear the same story from my fellow friends.
I don't understand the geo-politics but I feel that locals here are living in some kind of a bubble because they want to look inclusive but do not really want to integrate even if you show effort. I have to wait and watch.
My country, India, is relatively poor. Unlike us, Germans can visit the country when they want to with no visa restrictions and bank balance. Indians have been more heterogeneous with thousands of years of multiculturalism.
The point I'm trying to make is - whether it is Afd or Greens, just be true to yourself while voting. The false sense of tolerance is hurting everyone.
I’m an American of Polish decent. I can pass as German. I lived in Germany the past 7 years (Aachen / RWTH). For me, this was a FUQ’ING NIGHTMARE. I cannot imagine how much more difficult it would be if I were less German looking. I feel for you. You’re strong. I hope you find some peace and happiness in whichever environments you settle in.
I moved to the Netherlands last week but I recognize I’ll need therapy to get over my Germany experience. Learning more about the German mind actually made me lose a lot of the hope I had in humanity. I had no idea my capacity for disappointment was this great.
@@lwwellsbut coming here for free education in a world class university is ok 😆 enjoy your therapy
@@MausTheGerman the horrid education quality was the bulk of the horrid experience brother. It explains quite a bit about the people I met. Nothing is truly free.
@@MausTheGermanbro how can I come to Germany from Pakistan to get admission in German university? Any guidance pls
You will never be integrated. This is the great migration lie. The locals never invited you; the state did.