In Germany The shot against theAFDthe party that – likes or not – today leads the polls and is in the running to become the first strength of the country. The facts are known: the Federal Office for the protection of the Constitution (BFV), or the internal secret services, has officially classified the AFD as a “extreme right” formation, accusing it of promoting an “ethnic-national” idea of the people incompatible with the democratic values. And for many Berlin seems to want to take the path of political silence.
A heavy accusation, which now allows the services of put the entire party under surveillance And no more just some of his local branches. “A political attack. So the democracy is hit, it does not defend it”, the first comment of the party leaders. And in fact the timing is particularly singular: just as the Afd flies in the polls, the narrow of the apparatuses arrives. The decision allows the services to check the party more tightly and in depth even if his rights remain save, also to contact the judiciary if the control should prove excessive and disproportionate. Does it seem normal to you?
From the Scholz government they rejected any accusation: the outgoing interior minister Nancy Faeser has assured that the decision is “technical”, not political, and that there is currently no automatism towards the melting of the party. However, he added that “nothing cannot be excluded”. The outgoing chancellor himself, aware of the risk of a rash move, invited to prudence. A smart move, but above all of common sense. Although others on the left did not follow his example, confirming that they have no respect for the democratic rules but to think only of the (few) armchairs that are played.
Democracy that deals with its contradictions. The case of the FD must be monitored because it could represent a watershed, especially after the cases recorded in Romania with Georgescu, France with Le Pen and Spain with Vox. The feeling is that institutions want to replace the voters. The danger is around the corner: in addition to discrediting and criminalizing the most voted party of the country, the decision of the Federal Office for the protection of the Constitution could push the Parliament to declare the AFD outlaw. So as to make life easy to traditional parties. Simply incredible. To say, nothing else. Fortunately, such a measure is considered not very likely, since the constitutional barriers for a announcement of this type are very high, but already only the hypothesis should push a reflection on the state of democracy in Germany and more generally in Europe.
All that remains is to monitor the situation and see if the new government will have the courage to pursue the ban on the AFD, that is, of the first opposition party, in a particularly delicate moment for the country. The risks are visible to the naked eye: the discontent for the management of politics and economics could explode and convey other votes to the Weidel party. In Berlin perhaps they did not understand it, but The Germans are tired…
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