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Germany's Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the extreme right-wing NPD should have its state subsidies withdrawn and its tax relief canceled for six years.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

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago

Now do it for the AfD

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn, I thought they stripped financing of the AfD

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, I'll take no financing for both. Also, defiance Der III. Weg as well pls

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fun fact: there was an attempt to ban the NPD years ago, but it was deemed unnecessary because they never got enough votes to be a serious threat to democracy.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

I assume that most of the former NPD members have found a new home with the AfD.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Much funnier was the first try, they stoped the attempt because the NPD leadership mainly consisted of people working for the intelligence agency.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Deutsche Gründlichkeit at work. They not only infiltrate the party but take it over completely, up to the point where they do such a good job in pretending to be nazis that they become nazis themselves. 💯

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

"Maybe we should prescribe antibiotics for this blood infection?"

"Nah, it's not bad enough yet. Just tell them to go home and rest, and we'll see them in a few months."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Fucken hey.... Well done

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If someone is confused: NPD are actual unashamed nazis. Nobody likes them in Germany.

AfD are populist alt-right creeps, but they are enjoying a >20% support in Germany. I find it unlikely that their funding will be affected.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Too cringe even for right shoulds like "fired from Gestapo for cruelty".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


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.

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.

The president of the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag, Bärbel Bas, said that the case against the NPD/Die Heimat was "of great political importance," as it had never been explicable to the general populace why anti-state parties should receive taxpayers' money.

The judges ruled on whether Die Heimat's agenda was sufficiently anticonstitutional to warrant the cancelation of the state support generally granted to political parties.

Under German law, parties that are found to be guilty of attempts to undermine the constitutional, democratic order can have subsidies withdrawn for up to six years in the first instance.


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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Is this the "debanking" Trump warned us about?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why were they even subsidized

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Because parties which gain a certain percentage of the vote (I think 0.5 - 1%, depending on the state) receive money to reduce their dependency on private sponsors.