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Elon Musk angers German government with post backing far-right party - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
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Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Elon Musk is under fire after publicly backing a far-right political party in Germany, suggesting the current government should not be re-elected over its position on the current migrant crisis in Europe.

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

They're also famous for very much being “blind on the right eye”. They didn't ban the neonazi party “NPD” (for reference: the original Nazi party was the NSDAP) and their last ex boss (Hans-Georg Maaßen) is a far right conspiracy nut.

They've partially come around apparently as they're now watching the AfD (which is far stronger than the NPD ever was) as well as Maaßen.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    BfV cannot ban parties. Only the highest court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) can. The only reason they did not do it was because the NPD has too little meaning to be a thread to the German constitution.

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