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Experts see the new party “DAVA” as an extension of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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The new Dava party was founded at the beginning of the year.
Top politicians express concerns and warn of possible proximity to Erdogan.
Berlin - The CSU regional group leader, Alexander Dobrindt, has called on Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) to take action against the newly founded political association, Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening (DAVA).
Dobrindt told the
Augsburger Allgemeine
that it was Minister Faeser's responsibility to ensure that parties that clearly serve to influence foreign interests in Germany do not receive permission to form or are excluded from elections, reports the
German Press Agency
.
He describes Dava as a group that targets Muslim migrants and serves exclusively to act as the political arm of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Germany.
New Dava party wants to run for European elections
The new Dava party announced in mid-January that it would take part in the European elections on June 9th.
Among the candidates presented so far are two men who were previously active in Islamic associations.
According to reports, the chairman of the new association, Teyfik Özcan (53), will not run as a candidate.
Özcan rejected allegations that Dava was an extension of Turkey's Islamic conservative ruling party AKP.
According to reports, the newly founded party also plans to enter the Bundestag.
The parliamentary director of the SPD in the Bundestag, Katja Mast, sees no competition for her party in Dava.
She told the
Bayern media group
that in the history of the Federal Republic, no party that only targeted one ethnic or religious group had ever been successful.
Mast emphasized the diversity of the SPD as a people's party that is open to all people, regardless of faith or ethnic group.
The common values that are shared are more important.
New Dava Party: Experts consider success unlikely
A researcher from the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen expresses concerns about the success of parties that are specifically aimed at migrants or a specific group of origin.
She emphasizes that international experience shows that such parties are rarely successful.
German parties have so far had difficulty adequately addressing citizens with a migration background, but Germans with Turkish roots have been actively involved in democratic processes since the 1980s.
The political scientist explained that representatives of such parties are less well known among Germans with a migration background than leading politicians of the major parties.
This could further reduce the chances.
According to the expert, the recently decided dual nationality will probably do little to change this.
The former SPD member, Dava chairman, Teyfik Özcan, describes the movement as “conservative in values, but also with progressive ideas”.
The Dava Party advocates, among other things, preschool education and the protection of traditional family values.
In its election program, Dava is committed to recognizing Muslim associations as public corporations, said Özcan.
(
dpa/jek
)