Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the extreme right-wing NPD should have its state subsidies withdrawn and its tax relief canceled for six years.

The case is to an extent symbolic, as the Nationalist Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), now known as “Die Heimat” (The Homeland), has not been receiving subsidies in recent times after failing to obtain enough votes in elections. However, it still benefits from tax relief measures.

The court’s ruling could well play a role in current deliberations over whether similar measures could be taken against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

  • @TheAlbatross
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    445 months ago

    A friend sent me some audio from the scene.

    It was nice to hear Germans chanting “Nazis Raus!”. If only Americans had the same convictions.

    • Stamets
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      115 months ago

      What does that translate to, out of curiosity? Never Nazis?

      • @TheAlbatross
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        135 months ago

        The other poster is dead on right, but to build a bit of context on the somewhat morbid poetry of it all, “Juden Raus!” was not an uncommon chant of the NSDAP rallies of the 30’s and 40’s.

        • @BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.mlOP
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          5 months ago

          It’s a reaction to neonazis shouting “Ausländer raus” since the 80s. It’s a direct answer to their slogans, not something that is unconsidered.

          • Spzi
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            65 months ago

            Today, it makes more sense than ever. There was the critique answer “Yeah, but you cannot deport a Nazi, because he’s a German citizen!”.

            Now that the Nazis were busy making plans how to deport millions of German citizens …

            Not saying we should, at least for the sake of the receiving country.

            ;-]

            • Ann Archy
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              35 months ago

              “No but they can be rounded up and shot, this much has been proven already.”

              • Pleb
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                25 months ago

                Should have been thorough with it the last time. Would have saved us much trouble.