Just as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party hits a record polling high and becomes the second most popular party in the country, new efforts to ban the party are coming from a state-funded institute.
The conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) is soaring to record highs in the polls, which has left Germany’s political and media establishment not only scrambling to explain the rise, but also putting forward fresh arguments to ban the party.
The latest broadside comes from the German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR), which has labeled the party “dangerous” for democracy. The institute argues that the conditions for banning the AfD are all there in its latest report, with the institute stating that the party is taking “active and planned action to implement its racist and right-wing extremist goals.”
Critics have already pointed out that the DIMR is actually funded by the German government, which is led by rival parties that have significant motive to remove the AfD from the political landscape. As Remix News previously reported, the AfD has hit a new record high of 19 percent, and polling shows that nearly 30 percent of Germans would consider voting for the party.