Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Germany: Authorities launch second attempt to have neo-Nazi party proscribed


The 16 German state (Länder) governments are launching a second attempt to have an extreme-right and anti-Semitic party banned that many regard as similar to Hitler's Nazi party. An application to proscribe and disband the National Democratic Party (NPD) will be lodged at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe in December, German media report. It seeks to prove that the NPD is actively seeking to undermine or overthrow the free democratic order and should therefore be proscribed according to Art. 21 of the German constitution. 
The move comes exactly a decade after a first attempt to have the party outlawed failed.

More: World Jewish Congress

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