2024-01-27 14:39:28
On the occasion of International Holocaust Day, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his concerns regarding the rise of far-right extremism. He warned once morest “neo-Nazis and their dark networks” and called on the population to fight once morest racism and anti-Semitism.
Mr Scholz welcomed recent protests once morest the far right across Germany.
Germany is locked in a debate over whether to ban far-right political parties.
In a pre-recorded speech marking 79 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp by Soviet troops, Mr Scholz said: “New reports are constantly emerging regarding neo-Nazis and their shadowy networks. At the same time , right-wing populists are gaining ground, stoking fear and sowing hatred. But this development is not something we should simply accept.”
Mr Scholz also welcomed a historic decision to cut funding to the far-right Die Heimat party.
It is also the first time that Germany has reduced state financial support for a party without banning it.
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