German conservative politician resigns over far-right ties - DW (English)
Sunday, January 26, 2020Saxony-Anhalt with tacit backing from the Party of Democratic Socialism, the legal successor to the party that had ruled East Germany. This arrangement became known as the Magdeburg model — named after Saxony-Anhalt's capital. Today, the state's coalition government is led by the CDU. There is speculation that some figures within the CDU are considering taking inspiration from the Magdeburg model and teaming up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Saxony-Anhalt's current three-party coalition, after all, has had critics within the CDU ever since it was established back in 2016. Certain party members have repeatedly signaled their disdain for the Greens, in particular, and flirted with the AfD. While the CDU has ruled out any cooperation with the far-right at the national level, this did not deter leading Christian Democrats in Saxony-Anhalt from publishing a paper this summer calling for the party to open up to the AfD. Influential CDU politicians on the local level have expressed support for this model, and have insisted that an informal cooperation with the AfD should not be ruled out. Saxony-Anhalt's AfD, in turn, is aiming to transform itself into a viable coalition partner. Read more: German fire brigade president steps down amid far-right row Crisis meeting and ultimatum Holger Stahlknecht, who heads the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt and for years has served as the state's interior minister, rejects accusations that his party is drifting towards the far right. At a press conference, he insisted that Saxony-Anhalt's CDU was "centrist." He did, however, warn that if his party did not integrate its more conservative faction, it would switch allegiance and "join the AfD." He also said the party must appeal to voters who support the AfD. The far-right party currently controls over 20% of the seats in Saxony-Anhalt's state parliament, and is similarly strong across Germany's other eastern states. Stahlknecht's press conference had been preceded by an emergency CDU meeting to address the Möritz scandal. The Greens had pressured the CDU to take action. The party had initially said it wanted to give Möritz "a second chance." State Premier Rainer Haseloff attended the meeting as well, underscoring the severity of the crisis. Stalhknecht insists the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt is 'centrist' It was agreed that Möritz would be asked to distance himself from his past and publicly subscribe to the CDU's core values at the party leadership's next crisis meeting on December 28. Stahlknecht said that as a "minimum requirement" he would also have been expected to remove his controversial tattoo by then. The idea was to then decide on whether or not to launch proceedings to remove Möritz from the party — though local CDU f...https://www.dw.com/en/german-conservative-politician-resigns-over-far-right-ties/a-51756713
German far-right leader forms new party with a Nazi symbol - The Times of Israel
Tuesday, August 20, 2019Andre Poggenburg, former regional party leader of Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) in the German state Saxony-Anhalt, arrives prior an election campaign rally of his party in Magdeburg, Germany (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
The 43-year-old resigned as regional party leader last year after labeling Turks as “camel drivers” and immigrants with dual nationality a “homeless mob we no longer want to have.”
In an interview with daily Die Welt, Poggenburg said AfD had made a noticeable “shift to the left” lately for fear of being placed under observation by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency.
Awakening of German Patriots is the fourth breakaway movement to emerge from Alternative for Germany since its founding in 2013.
In 2015, AfD founder Bernd Lucke quit after losing an internal power struggle. His Liberal-Conservative Reformers have one seat in the European Parliament — held by Lucke.
AfD co-leader Frauke Petry quit the party just after Germany’s national election in September 2017. She now leads the Blue Party, with two seats in the national parliament.
The same year the leader of AfD in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Bernhard Wildt, quit the party and formed a grouping called Citizens for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
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Couple break with pace 214, on Federal road in order to catch a holiday flight - The Crypto Coin Discovery
Sunday, March 3, 2019Magdeburg: Pair locking with pace 214, on Federal street, in order to achieve flight
particularly in a hurry, it was on Tuesday morning, a couple from the resin. A civilian strip the team of the car of the two fell first, because he raced at 161 kilometres per hour on the B81 in the direction of Merseburg. Are allowed 100 miles per hour. Instead of stopping, stepped up to the 49-year-old driver of the gas pedal but still a little more and accelerated to 214 miles per hour – as reported by the police, the Couple later, to be on the way to the Berlin airport. Apparently, the two were late. The driver nu. Him a fine of 1200 Euro, expect a three-month driving ban and some points in Felnsburg. Whether the Pair has reached its holiday fliers, is not known.
Stade: SUV dashed against a bridge pillar, driver was dead
In case of a severe traffic accident on Wednesday in the district of Stade, a 40-year-old drivers were killed. The 40-Year-old fell on state highway 73 between Burweg a...https://www.ccdiscovery.com/couple-break-with-pace-214-on-federal-road-in-order-to-catch-a-holiday-flight
Taiwan launches World Flora Expo with Bauhaus-style German pavilion - Gulf Times
Saturday, December 8, 2018Dozens of teams have participated in the expo's World Gardens Competition. The German Pavilion is designed and built by Magdeburg-based organization Kulturanker.
‘It's a huge honour for us as an association to be able to represent Germany in Taiwan, said Kulturanker chairman Karsten Steinmetz.
Surrounded by 600 fragrant Taiwanese herbs, the Bauhaus-style pavilion, titled ‘Floral Frame of Time, is constructed out of 233 Taiwanese bamboo poles, 20 tons of gravel and over 200 metres of power cables and an irrigation system over 1 kilometre in length.
Artistic director Stephan Murer told dpa in Taipei on Thursday about the mixing of cultures that can be seen in the project. Local materials were used to realize the German team's concept, he said.
The bamboo, a traditional building material in Taiwan, and native plants around the pavilion combine German and Asian elements. The exterior walls consist of large-scale works by contemporary painters.
‘The examination of the historic Bauhaus is for us a trip back to the blooming of Germany's cultural history, described Murer on Saturday.
Sixteen volunteers from Germany were working since September to get the pavilion ready in time. ‘All of them took time off work and toiled away here, said Steinmetz while praising the resulting work.
The design relates to the 100th jubilee of the founding of the Bauhaus design movement, ...https://www.gulf-times.com/story/611667/Taiwan-launches-World-Flora-Expo-with-Bauhaus-styl
German conservative politician resigns over far-right ties - DW (English)
Sunday, January 26, 2020Now, the local lawmaker has left Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union.
Robert Möritz, a local politician from the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, surprisingly announced his resignation from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on Friday, saying he wanted "to shield the party from further harm" and calm the political uproar. It recently emerged that Möritz had ties to Germany's right-wing extremist milieu, and has a symbol tattooed on his arm associated with neo-Nazism. Möritz said his resignation was about sending a signal, and that "sometimes, life is about focusing on one's true priorities." He added that he nevertheless fully subscribes to the conservative CDU's values. News of Möritz' links to Germany's far-right milieu had brought Saxony-Anhalt's government — a coalition between the CDU, center-left Social Democrats and environmentalist Greens — to the verge of collapse. On Thursday, the state's CDU issued an ultimatum to Möritz, demanding that he distance himself from the far-right or face repercussions. Read more: Right-wing extremists in Germany to face amped up intelligence The CDU governs Saxony-Anahlt in a coalition with the So...https://www.dw.com/en/german-conservative-politician-resigns-over-far-right-ties/a-51756713
German Man Arrested After Failed Attack on Synagogue - The Wall Street Journal
Sunday, January 26, 2020Halle’s university hospital. A senior security official identified the suspect as Stephan Balliet, 27, a German citizen from the state of Saxony-Anhalt, where Halle is located, and said he wasn’t previously known to authorities. German Interior Minister
Horst Seehofer
said prosecutors had enough information to assume a far-right motivation behind the attack, even though it was too early to make a final determination. The 35-minute video of the assault was streamed live on Twitch, a streaming platform owned by
Amazon.com Inc.,
according to Storyful, a social-media intelligence company owned by News Corp, which also owns The Wall Street Journal. Christiane Prinz, 49, who owns a hairdressing salon opposite the synagogue, said she saw the suspect, dressed in a dark-green military outfit, launch a projectile over the synagogue’s gate into its front yard and cemetery, after which there was a loud bang.
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Greens want the right to free Heat and home office - The Crypto Coin Discovery
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German far-right leader forms new party with a Nazi symbol - The Times of Israel
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Poggenburg led Alternative for Germany (AfD) to its strongest state election performance yet when the party won almost a quarter of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt in 2016.
In this Friday, March 11, 2016, file photo, Andre Poggenburg, former regional party leader of Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) in the German state Saxony-Anhalt, arrives prior an election campaign rally of his party in Magdeburg, Germany (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
The 43-year-old resigned as regional party leader last year after labeling Turks as “camel drivers” and immigrants with dual nationality a “homeless mob we no longer want to have.”
In an interview with daily Die Welt, Poggenburg said AfD had made a noticeable “shift to the left” lately for fear of being placed under observation by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency.
Awakening of German Patriots is the fourth breakaway movement to emerge from Alternative for Germany since its founding in 2013.
In 2015, AfD founder Bernd Lucke quit after losing an internal power struggle. His Liberal-Conservative Reformers have one seat in the European Parliament — held by Lucke.
AfD co-leader Frauke Petry quit the party just after Germany’s national election in September 2017. She now leads the Blue Party, with two seats in the national parliament.
The same year the leader of AfD in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Bernhard Wildt, quit the party and formed a grouping called Citizens for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
...https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-far-right-leader-forms-new-party-with-a-nazi-symbol/