In an investigative documentary on ProSieben, Christian Lüth, the former spokesman for the AfD parliamentary group, is said to have made inhuman comments on migrants.
On Monday evening
ProSieben released
the
documentation
“ProSieben Special: Right.
German.
Radical. ”Broadcast.
The
journalists
accompanied a supposedly confidential
conversation
between the then spokesman for the
AfD parliamentary group
and a
right-wing YouTuber
with covert cameras.
The former press spokesman for the
AfD
*,
Christian Lüth
, is said to have made
radical statements
.
Update September 29, 10:35:
The
AFD parliamentary group
has after the dismissal of their former spokesman
Christian Lüth
emphasizes not speculate from party tactical reasons to a deterioration of the situation in Germany.
"The
AfD
is not aiming for a bad state of Germany," said AfD MP Peter Boehringer on Tuesday.
Olaf Scholz with a swipe at AfD - "Populists who are happy when their own country is doing badly"
Lüth, who is also considered a close confidante of the
AfD parliamentary group leader Alexander Gauland
, said in a supposedly confidential conversation in February: “The worse Germany is doing, the better for the
AfD
.” In the conversation, that for a documentary by the private broadcaster
ProSieben
was filmed with a hidden camera, said Lüth when asked about the influx of
migrants
.
"We can still shoot them all afterwards, that's not an issue at all, or gass them, or whatever you want, I don't care."
Even
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz
responded in a speech in the Bundestag on the statements Lüths.
With regard to the
Corona crisis
, the
Social Democrats'
chancellor candidate said
: "All the populists who are happy when their own country is doing badly and even want to make their strategy out of it have now become very quiet." In Kisen, Scholz would say show yourself who you really are.
"All the populists who are happy when their own country is doing badly and even want to make their strategy out of it have now become very quiet," says @OlafScholz.
Because a crisis shows who you really are.
#Household #Bundestag #GeldInDieHand pic.twitter.com/C9cdVGNSpM
- SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag (@spdbt) September 29, 2020
Longstanding AfD spokesman in front of a hidden camera with a violent statement - the party reacts
Original message from September 28th:
Munich - On Monday evening, September 28th,
ProSieben released
the documentary “ProSieben Special: Right.
German.
Radical. ”Broadcast.
In a supposedly confidential conversation,
Christian Lüth
, the former spokesman for the
Bundestag faction of
the
Alternative for Germany (AfD)
, is
said to have made
inhuman remarks about
migrants
.
In a parliamentary group meeting on Monday, AfD parliamentary group leader
Alexander Gauland announced
the termination of the former press
spokesman
without notice.
Documentation: "Confidential" meeting between AfD spokesman Lüth and right-wing YouTuber
The
investigative documentation
“ProSieben Spezial: Rechts.
German.
Radical. ”Shows the journalist
Thilo Mischke
, who has been
researching
right-wing networks
over the past 18 months
and has met supporters of various
right-wing
and
right-wing extremist groups
.
A meeting
between
Christian Lüth
, the then spokesman for the
AfD parliamentary group at the time
, and the right-wing
YouTuber Lisa Licentia
in
Berlin
will also be broadcast
on February 23
.
A team of journalists from the broadcaster
ProSieben
attended the conversation with hidden cameras.
Documentation: Christian Lüth has worked for the party in a senior position since the AfD was founded
In the film,
Lüth is
only referred to as a "high
AfD functionary
"
for legal reasons
and not named, as Die
Zeit
reports.
However,
according to its own statements,
Zeit was
able
to
clearly identify
Lüth
with the
help of
a
data leak
and several
informants
.
Because of his outstanding position in the party at the time of the meeting and because of the
special public interest associated
with it, the decision was made to make his name public.
Lüth has
worked
for the party in a senior position
since the
AfD was founded
.
At first he acted as
party spokesman
, later he was
spokesman for the parliamentary group
.
He is considered a close confidante of the honorary party chairman
Alexander Gauland
.
In
April
, he was
released
after accusations became loud, he had described himself in an interview as "fascist".
ProSieben records meetings between Lüth and Licentia with covered cameras
The appointment between YouTuber
Licentia
and
Lüth
, which took place two months before he was released, came about after the
AfD politician wrote to
the right-wing influencer several times on
.
The former
AfD spokesman
was not aware that
Licentia
wanted to get out
of the
right-wing scene
and was therefore
in contact
with the
ProSieben team
around reporter
Thilo Mischke
.
The
journalists
decided
to film
the meeting with
hidden cameras
in order to be able to document what Lüth really thinks and what he says when he
thinks
he is among
like-minded people
.
Oh.
Didn't Mr. # Lüth just work for the @ AfD parliamentary group?
Or does the @AfDimBundestag have nothing to do with the party?
Or is this an attempt to obscure connections?
# P7Spezial #RechtsDeutschRadikal https://t.co/Z0MrOmohUL
- ProSieben (@ProSieben) September 28, 2020
Documentation: Lüth with inhuman remarks about migrants
According to
ProSieben, the
statements of the
AfD functionary
were
repeated
from a
memory
log.
A spokesman for the station told
Spiegel
that there were several
ear witnesses of
the conversation.
They would have affirmed the content of the conversation
by taking an oath
.
Lüth
is said to have said at the meeting: “The AfD is important;
And that's schizophrenic, we discussed that for a long time with Gauland:
the worse Germany is
doing
, the better for the AfD
. ”When asked about the influx of
migrants
, the
AfD functionary is
also assigned the following sentence:“ We can still do them afterwards
shoot everyone
, that's not an issue at all,
or gass them, or whatever you want, I don't care
. "
After reports of statements: AfD parliamentary group dismisses Lüth without notice
After the reports on the
inhuman remarks
about migrants, the
AfD parliamentary group
dismissed
its long-time press spokesman
Lüth
without notice
.
The parliamentary group executive made this decision
unanimously
.
The AfD parliamentary group chairman
Gauland
commented on the statements of the former functionary to the
dpa
: "The statements attributed to Mr. Lüth are completely unacceptable and in no way compatible with the goals and policies of the AfD and the AfD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag." The assertion that he had
"only talked
to
Lüth
about these topics or that I even approved the statements made to him that were ascribed to Mr. Lüth is completely absurd and fictitious," he clarified.
The statements he is currently making, which he made in February 2020 and which are in direct contrast to the liberal-democratic principles of our party, can therefore in no way be attributed to the AfD.
(2/3)
- Alternative for 🇩🇪 Germany (@AfD) September 28, 2020
On the official
Twitter account of
the
AfD
, the party explains: "
Christian Lüth
is no
longer
a member of the
AfD
and has not spoken for the party since January 2018.
The term 'AfD party functionary', which has appeared variously in the reports, is therefore incorrect.
The statements he is currently addressing, which he made in February 2020 and which are in
direct contrast
to the free-democratic principles of our party, can
therefore in no way be attributed to
the
AfD
. "
The
AfD parliamentary group
in the
Hessian state parliament
declared: "Racist, anti-Semitic statements and violent fantasies have no place in the AfD.
We are very happy that the board of the Bundestag faction acted quickly and dismissed Christian Lüth with immediate effect. ”
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