Austria: populists score historic win
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Meanwhile in Germany the government started deliberations to ban the right-leaning AfD.
This never works. And in the case of Germany, it will backfire massively. That's why I think they won't.
All that will happen is that they will create a new party under a new name, and then they will also be able to even more effectively point out that the German government is about as democratic as a certain earlier one.
Example: the fascist state called Belgium banned the Flemish Block in 2004. That year, the Flemish Block got 24% of the vote in Flanders. Next election, the refounded party lost due to a more moderate nationalist party rising - but together they got 28%. This year, the party got 23%, and got 46% along with the other party. Together, they hold exactly half the seats in the Flemish parliament.
So don't despair, that is the greatest of sins.
There have been several court cases in Germany recently that showed that judges who have been appointed by politicians and who are members of their parties will do whatever the party wants.
They stacked the courts. The German supreme court in particular is stacked by leftists and headed by a party-friend and appointee of Merkel.
So?
They normally use the courts to ban and criminalize their opponents. Doesn't mean it's going to work.
I wish they were that stupid.