Outrage as neo-Nazi elected town council leader in Germany

[Swordsmyth]

The unanimous election of a neo-Nazi politician in Germany as the head of a town council has sparked outrage among senior political figures and calls to have the decision reversed.A political storm is brewing after Stefan Jagsch of the far right-wing extremist National Democratic Party (NDP) became council leader for the small town of Waldsiedlung, in the district of Altenstadt, 30 kilometres (18 miles) north-east of Frankfurt, on Thursday.
Around 2,500 people live in Waldsiedlung.
On his Facebook page, Jagsch said he will "support the interests of our district" to "work constructively with everyone and across parties," adding "from the people, for the people!".
Local reports say he was appointed by seven council members including representatives from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), plus junior coalition member Social Democratic Party (SPD) and business-friendly Free Democratic Party (FDP).
Jagsch was elected because there was no alternative candidate, "the NPD candidate filled the vacuum," Markus Brando, SPD chairman for Altenstadt admitted to local paper Merkur.
Jagsch's main task will be to lead the council in all important matters concerning the local district.
By Sunday, there were outraged calls from across Germany for the decision to be reversed.
- 'Nazis! Never!' -
"The SPD has a very clear position: we do not co-operate with Nazis! Never!" the party's general secretary Lars Klingbeil tweeted Saturday.
"That applies to federal government, the state and municipalities.
"The decision in Altenstadt is incomprehensible and cannot be justified.
"It must be reversed immediately. #noNPD."
The CDU's general secretary Paul Ziemiak also demanded the decision be overturned.
"I'm shocked. The election of a member of a party which pursues anti-constitutional goals is a disgrace," Ziemiak told Monday's edition of Bild.
"I expect this decision to be corrected."
Peter Tauber, a CDU member of Germany's lower parliament for Hesse, the state in which Waldsiedlung is located, threatened action against those who elected Jagsch.
"Whoever lacks the political and moral compass and, as a democrat, makes such an irresponsible election decision can not be accepted in the CDU," Tauber tweeted on Saturday.
"The election of an NPD politician as local leader in Altenstadt with assistance from CDU" members "horrifies me," he added.
The FDP's parliamentary chief Marco Buschmann described Jagsch's election as "doubly bad: firstly that democrats voted for someone like him and secondly, that no democratic candidate was ready to take on the task" of leader.
Regional CDU and SPD leaders in Altenstadt also condemned the decision.

More at: https://news.yahoo.com/outrage-neo-n...174512591.html

[Origanalist]

[Pauls' Revere]

Merkel is the cause of this.

[Swordsmyth]

Merkel is the cause of this.

Exactly.

Her policies are a textbook example of how to create NAZIs.

[Pauls' Revere]

Exactly.

Her policies are a textbook example of how to create NAZIs.

Watch and wait as more towns do the same.

Let's keep a running tally...

1) 9/8/2019 - the small town of Waldsiedlung, in the district of Altenstadt, 30 kilometres (18 miles) north-east of Frankfurt.

[Swordsmyth]

Watch and wait as more towns do the same.

AfD will be the moderates by the time it's all over.

[Pauls' Revere]

y Sunday, there were outraged calls from across Germany for the decision to be reversed.
- 'Nazis! Never!' -


HAHAHAHA and he was legally elected! LOL

[Pauls' Revere]

LOL

Whoever lacks the political and moral compass and, as a democrat, makes such an irresponsible election decision can not be accepted in the CDU," Tauber tweeted on Saturday.
"The election of an NPD politician as local leader in Altenstadt with assistance from CDU" members "horrifies me," he added.
The FDP's parliamentary chief Marco Buschmann described Jagsch's election as "doubly bad: firstly that democrats voted for someone like him and secondly, that no democratic candidate was ready to take on the task" of leader.
Regional CDU and SPD leaders in Altenstadt also condemned the decision.

Oh no! an opposing view point!

[Zippyjuan]

Nobody else even ran in the town of about 2,500.

“(We voted for him) due to the fact we have nobody else, particularly no younger people who are familiar with computers and who can send emails,” Mr Szilasko said.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...rt-mainstream/

The NPD is widely criticised in Germany for its open support of Neo-Nazi rhetoric and connections with white nationalist groups, with the Constitutional Court in 2017 ruling that the party’s “political concept was contrary to the democratic order embodied in the German Constitution”.

Mr Jagsch himself has previously been criticised for social media posts comparing migration with genocide and his use of the Nazi-era term ‘Lügenpresse’ (lying press).

Mr Jagsch made news in 2016 when he was given first aid from a group of Syrian refugees after a car accident left him seriously injured.

[tod evans]

Nazi's, Democrats and Republicans all want to use BigGov to their advantage.

Not a lick of difference that I can tell.