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  2. Defensive democracy - Wikipedia

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    The idea behind the concept is the notion that even a majority rule of the people cannot be allowed to install a totalitarian or autocratic regime, thereby violating the principles of the German constitution, the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany. The German concept of defensive/militant democracy is a reaction to the experience of ...

  3. Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Together with the Federal Intelligence Service and the Military Counterintelligence Service, the BfV is one of the three federal intelligence services.. The BfV investigates efforts and activities directed against the federal level of Germany or transnational, in matters of foreign policy significance and at the request of a state authority for the protection of the constitution. [3]

  4. Opinion: Germany’s far right is surging. Banning it would ...

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    Fierce debate is raging in Germany over whether to ban its far right AfD party. Paul Hockenos argues from Berlin that such a move would only backfire. Opinion: Germany’s far right is surging.

  5. The popularity of a far-right party produces counter-rallies ...

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    Hundreds of thousands of people in Germany turned out for a third weekend to protest the popularity and policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party. A rally in Hamburg took ...

  6. Firewall against the far-right in Germany - Wikipedia

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    The AfD's positions on immigration and environmental policies have sparked significant public discourse, shaping debates on Germany's political landscape. [29] [30] Political scientist Prof. Dr. Simon Franzmann noted that Germany must coexist with right-wing populist parties containing far-right elements for the foreseeable future. [4]

  7. Liberal democratic basic order - Wikipedia

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    Building upon more general definitions of liberal democracy, the term has a specific legal meaning in Germany and is part of the German (originally West German) system of a Streitbare Demokratie ("fortified democracy") that bans attempts to dismantle the liberal democratic basic order by what German authorities refer to as "enemies of the ...

  8. Politics of Germany - Wikipedia

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    West Germany was a founding member of the European Community in 1958, which became the EU in 1993. Germany is part of the Schengen Area, and has been a member of the eurozone since 1999. It is a member of the United Nations, NATO, the G7, the G20 and the OECD. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Germany a "full democracy" in 2022.

  9. Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present) - Wikipedia

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    In 1946 the Deutsche Rechtspartei was founded and in 1950 succeeded by the Deutsche Reichspartei.As the allied occupation of Germany ended in 1949 a number of new far-right parties emerged: The Socialist Reich Party, founded in 1949, the German Social Union (West Germany), the Free German Workers' Party, Nationalist Front and National Offensive.