Panic in Germany over AfD Rise – Extreme Fearmongering by Left Officials

The former Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff, threatened students that their diplomas would not be recognized everywhere following a victory by the AfD. “It must be understood what an AfD government means,” Haseloff told Der Spiegel. It is thus possible “that diplomas and other certificates from such a federation would no longer be accepted as a given by universities elsewhere.”

“Even the exchange of security authorities, as well as financial transfers from the EU, the state, and the fiscal balance, would be at risk,” Haseloff warned potential AfD voters. The party’s rhetoric increasingly resembled that of 1932, “when the NSDAP (i.e. Hitler’s party) entered the parliament of the Republic of Anhalt through free elections.”

Ramelow also warns AfD voters

Nevertheless, many “find the AfD attractive” because there are “real deficits.” The former prime minister, who recently handed over his position to CDU politician Sven Schulze, cited examples such as energy prices, bureaucracy, security, the cost to the economy, and a “problematic climate policy for our industrial structure,” to which, in the view of AfD supporters, the federal government “reacts too slowly or not at all.”

The occasion for the statements was a discussion with the ousted Prime Minister of Thuringia and current Vice President of the Bundestag, Bodo Ramelow (The Left). Both politicians addressed each other informally using “du” (you) in the conversation with Der Spiegel.

Ramelow also warned AfD voters not to complain after a party victory that thereafter “democratic and constitutional rules erode and an authoritarian, nationalist course sets the tone.” “It must be consciously decided whether we want to preserve this democracy and this freedom.”

Document archiving in case of AfD success?

Earlier, politicians had announced drastic measures if the AfD wins an absolute majority in the upcoming state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. SPD’s domestic policy spokesperson in the Bundestag, Sebastian Fiedler, described this scenario as “a form of hostile state” for which “our federal system” is not suitable. “As a public servant, I am also bound by the Constitution. And then I would have to hand over the most sensitive information to extremists? I would rather press the delete button,” he said last November.

The head of the Thuringian Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Stefan Kramer, also expressed great concern. While he said: “You cannot deny the statistical data processing of a government agency in your own government.” However, Haseloff told Focus that the case with the AfD could be different: “Can we trust an extremist with the confidential information and documents of the agency? Don’t our oath and the rules for protecting secrets oblige us to refuse them?”