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2025-07-19 Europe

Academic Warns Banning German Opposition AfD Party a ‘Sure Path to Civil War'

[Breitbart] While eliminating your political opposition at the stroke of a pen may seem appealing to the German left, a prominent academic has now spoken out to warn against the move, predicting that undermining the basic principles of democracy could be detrimental to the country.

Speaking to Euronews, chair for Modern and Contemporary History at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Professor Andreas Rödder, is reported to have said: "The German Left should think carefully about what it is doing and what consequences it has for liberal democracy."

The report cites Rödder as one of the "most important intellectuals" of Germany’s centre-right, so he is by no means an instinctive supporter of the AfD, which has eroded the support of the centrist Christian Democrats, just as populists have done to neoliberal "conservative" parties continent-wide.

Nevertheless, using language now increasingly heard in some European states, he told the publication: "A ban that would eliminate all votes for the AfD and thus lead to [a left-wing] parliamentary majority" would be a "sure path to civil war".

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2025-07-19 10:11|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| ||Comments [66 views ] Top

#1 Perhaps civil war is inevitable. Or self-extermination.

Posted by Glenmore 2025-07-19 15:53|| 2025-07-19 15:53|| Front Page || Comments Top

#2 WWHD - What Would Hitler Do?

Posted by SteveS 2025-07-19 19:10|| 2025-07-19 19:10|| Front Page || Comments Top

#3 Scratch a socialist you bleed a tyrant.

Posted by DarthVader 2025-07-19 20:23|| 2025-07-19 20:23|| Front Page || Comments Top

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