Anyone who goes against the free basic order is a case for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the judiciary, says the German Chancellor. At a meeting in Potsdam, right-wing extremists, including former Identitarian spokesman Sellner, spoke about the expulsion of millions of immigrants.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) responded to reports of a meeting of right-wing politicians and activists in Potsdam, including Austrian Martin Sellner, with an urgent appeal. “The fact that we learn from history is not just lip service. Democrats must remain united,” Scholz wrote on Thursday on the online platform X (formerly Twitter).
Anyone who goes against the free and democratic basic order is a case for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Judiciary, the Chancellor emphasized. “We will not allow anyone to differentiate the “us” in our country based on whether or not someone has an immigration history.” The Chancellor added: “We protect everyone – regardless of origin, skin color or how uncomfortable someone feels to fanatics with assimilationist fantasies.”
Sellner presented ideas about “remigration.”
According to an investigation by the Correctiv network, politicians from the right-wing populist party AfD, neo-Nazis and businesspeople met in November 2023 at a hotel near Potsdam to discuss the expulsion of millions of people of immigrant origin from Germany. Businessman Hans Christian Limmer and right-wing extremist Gernot Mörig are said to have invited guests. According to the research, two representatives from União dos Valores, affiliated to the CDU, also accepted the invitation.
Sellner, who in recent years has been the head of the right-wing extremist Identitarian Movement (BI) in Austria, presented ideas at the meeting, among other things, about “remigration” – that is, how more foreigners could leave Germany and how people with a history of immigration could be pushed to assimilate. In response to a request from the APA, the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office said on Thursday that there were no pending cases against Sellner. However, due to the crime scene principle, judicial authorities in Germany would have primary jurisdiction in the case of proceedings arising from the meeting. (APA/dpa)