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Pegida starting political party as authorities mull ban over extremism
Source: Agence France-Presse
Pegida starting political party as authorities mull ban over extremism
Agence-France Presse
Monday 18 July 2016 23.07 BST
Germany’s anti-Islamic, anti-immigrant Pegida movement has announced that it is seeking to found a political party but stressed it would not seek to draw votes from populist far-right group AfD.
The new grouping would be called the Popular Party for Freedom and Direct Democracy, or the FDDV by its German acronym, movement head Lutz Bachmann said at a meeting in Dresden, Pegida’s eastern stronghold.
Bachmann – convicted and fined in May for inciting racial hatred by branding refugees “cattle” and “scum” on social media – insisted he did not intend to stand for the leadership.
The move to form a party comes with authorities mulling a ban for the original association which spawned Pegida over fears of growing extremism.
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Agence-France Presse
Monday 18 July 2016 23.07 BST
Germany’s anti-Islamic, anti-immigrant Pegida movement has announced that it is seeking to found a political party but stressed it would not seek to draw votes from populist far-right group AfD.
The new grouping would be called the Popular Party for Freedom and Direct Democracy, or the FDDV by its German acronym, movement head Lutz Bachmann said at a meeting in Dresden, Pegida’s eastern stronghold.
Bachmann – convicted and fined in May for inciting racial hatred by branding refugees “cattle” and “scum” on social media – insisted he did not intend to stand for the leadership.
The move to form a party comes with authorities mulling a ban for the original association which spawned Pegida over fears of growing extremism.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/18/pegida-starting-political-party-as-authorities-mull-ban-over-extremism
