A local politician of the far right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), Maik Schneider Brandenburg was arrested on suspicion of arson of the car, which belonged to a Polish citizen. According to the politician Schneider acted for ideological reasons.
According to German media arson occurred in May 2015 near the town of Nauen, which is considered a stronghold of the extreme right. According to the agency dpa Schneider is a key figure of the extreme right in Brandenburg.
In addition politician arrested the 22-year-old woman. In addition, the police looking for 28-year-old man who may have been related to the case.
NPD be banned?
It is worth noting that it is currently before the German Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe began on Tuesday proceedings outlawing NPD. The consideration of the case has applied the Bundesrat – the second chamber of the German parliament. According to the Chamber NPD undermines the democratic regime of Germany and glorify the Third Reich.
The cult of the Third Reich?
The direct reason for bringing the NPD before the Constitutional Court are its links with extreme right-wing terrorist organization, the National Socialist Underground, whose members are accused of making 10 kills.
NPD officially renounces neo-Nazi sympathies and respects the constitutional order, but in your program, the party proposes, among others, revision of the Polish border, the appreciation of the social achievements of the Third Reich.
unclear NPD infiltration by the secret services
The National Democratic Party of Germany was founded in 1964. In the 90s of the twentieth century, its supporters have made arson centers for asylum seekers in eastern Germany. Interestingly, the Constitutional Court considered already outlaw groups in 2003, but the proceedings then collapsed, because it turned out that the party acted agents of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, who could deliberately incite illegal activity.
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