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Alexandra Pichl (r), state chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens, and her co-state chairwoman Hanna Große Holtrup.
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The leaders of the red-black-green coalition in Brandenburg disagree on the question of a ban on the AfD.
The Green state leaders are positioning themselves on the election program before a party conference.
Potsdam - Unlike the coalition partners SPD and CDU, the leadership of the Brandenburg Greens believes a ban on the AfD makes sense.
“We are in favor of an AfD ban,” said state chairwoman Hanna Große Holtrup of the German Press Agency.
“If a party wants to attack or even abolish the free democratic basic order, there is this sharp sword of a party ban.
We live in a constitutional state and have instances that can check exactly that.”
At their state party conference on Saturday and Sunday to discuss the election program, the Greens also want to debate a ban on the AfD.
There is an urgent request for this.
However, in the opinion of state leader Große Holtrup, a ban cannot be the only answer.
“We also have to take the mood in society seriously,” she said.
“We need a policy that explains their actions, that takes people along and encourages them, addresses the problems, gives concrete answers and shows perspectives.”
Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) is critical of a ban on the AfD.
He said at the beginning of January that it would be devastating to give the impression that he was intervening in political discussions by banning parties.
CDU state and parliamentary group leader Jan Redmann warns that the AfD will become stronger in the course of the debate.
The incumbent chairman of the Conference of Interior Ministers, Brandenburg's department head Michael Stübgen (CDU), had also expressed criticism of a ban.
The Brandenburg Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the AfD state association as a suspected right-wing extremist case.
Most people in Brandenburg are against the AfD ban in a survey
According to a survey, a majority of Brandenburg residents believe banning the AfD would be wrong.
47 percent would find that “rather bad,” while 35 percent say a ban on the AfD would be “rather good.”
18 percent don't know or don't provide any information.
This emerges from a survey by the Insa Institute for “Märkische Allgemeine”, “Märkische Oderzeitung” and “Lausitzer Rundschau”.
The newspapers reported about it on Thursday.
Voters of the Greens, Left and SPD in particular would welcome a ban.
CDU and Free Voters voters are divided on this.
A majority of those surveyed would be concerned about the AfD's possible participation in government after the state elections on September 22nd.
48 percent say it would have a “negative impact” on the state’s reputation if the AfD were part of the next state government.
Only 24 percent believe that this would have a more positive impact.
28 percent don't know or don't provide any information.
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A meeting with AfD politicians, at least one CDU member and members of the very conservative Values Union in Potsdam in November reopened the debate about an AfD ban.
The media company Correctiv reported on the meeting at which the former head of the right-wing extremist Identitarian movement in Austria, Martin Sellner, said he spoke about “remigration”.
Right-wing extremists usually mean that a large number of people of foreign origin should leave the country - even under duress.
Pichl calls on the CDU to strengthen its boundaries to the right
The co-state chairwoman Alexandra Pichl called on the CDU to draw clearer boundaries against the right.
“Correctiv’s research has shown that there is a need for clear demarcation.
We are missing that in the CDU, for example,” said Pichl.
“You can't just tell the AfD what it says, but you have to clearly stand against it.
There has to be more from the CDU.”
Redmann said on Tuesday that he was ruling out any coalition or coalition-like cooperation between the Union and the AfD.
The Greens have gained more than 30 members since the publication of the report on the Potsdam meeting.
CDU top candidate Redmann had made it clear that he no longer wanted to form a coalition with the Greens after the election.
In the latest survey by Insa for the “Märkische Allgemeine”, the “Märkische Oderzeitung” and the “Lausitzer Rundschau”, the Greens got 8 percent, almost 3 percent less than in the 2019 state election. The strongest force would be the AfD (28 percent). , followed by CDU (18) and SPD (17).
According to the survey, the coalition currently does not have a majority with a total of 43 percent of the vote.
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