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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


German chancellor Olaf Scholz has again strongly condemned alleged plans by right-wing extremists and politicians from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party for the mass deportation of migrants, drawing parallels with Nazi racial ideology.

Around 90 further demonstrations have been planned in cities across Germany this weekend, including in Nuremberg, Dortmund, Hannover, Erfurt, Magdeburg and Frankfurt on Saturday and Munich, Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Leipzig and Bonn on Sunday.

Scholz's comments came on the day that the German parliament, the Bundestag, voted to relax the law on naturalization and widen access to dual citizenship in Germany.

News of the far-right gathering in Potsdam drew added attention in Germany given that the AfD is currently polling as the second-largest party nationwide, just months ahead of three major regional elections in the eastern German states of Saxony, Thüringen, and Brandenburg, where their support is strongest.

A group of eastern German bishops warned against "distrust and scorn" for democratic processes and cautioned that populist, extreme-right and antisemitic positions were becoming "increasingly socially acceptable."

Footballers and coaches from Germany's Bundesliga have also spoken out against the AfD, with SC Freiburg manager Christian Streich saying that "anyone who does nothing now has learned nothing from school or history" and numerous clubs calling on their fans to take part in demonstrations.


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