- cross-posted to:
- bbc@rss.ponder.cat
- cross-posted to:
- bbc@rss.ponder.cat
Summary
Germany’s parliament erupted in controversy after the far-right AfD backed a CDU-led motion for stricter asylum policies, breaking a long-standing “firewall” against cooperation with extremists.
CDU leader Friedrich Merz defended the move, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned it as an “unforgivable mistake.”
The AfD, polling second nationally, celebrated the vote as a victory.
Merz’s stance signals a shift from Angela Merkel’s centrist policies, sparking concerns that mainstream conservatives are normalizing far-right influence ahead of Germany’s upcoming snap election.
I disagree, but if that is your belief, you’ll need to get to guillotining and . . luigi-ing. The longer you wait the harder it would be.
Like, here, on Lemmy, we have a media not controlled by them. And an actual, physical, elementary classroom is somewhat influenced by oligarchs in the form of government mandates, but it can also point out that influence and work against it.
It’s not enough for free media just to exist. It has to be mainstream to have any hope of counteracting all the disinformation out there.