Post by Logan on Jan 17, 2017 4:27:14 GMT -6
BERLIN — Germany's supreme court on Tuesday rejected a bid by lawmakers to outlaw a far-right party accused of promoting a racist and anti-Semitic agenda.
Andreas Vosskuhle, chief justice of the Federal Constitutional Court, said that even though the party had unconstitutional goals, "there are currently no concrete indications ... that its actions will lead to success."
The German parliament's upper house had applied for the ban at the end of 2013.
Vosskuhle, in explaining the verdict, mentioned the party's irrelevance, pointing out it had only a single seat in the European Parliament and that the NPD's election results have in recent years been "on a low level."
Read more: www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/17/world/europe/ap-eu-germany-far-right.html
Andreas Vosskuhle, chief justice of the Federal Constitutional Court, said that even though the party had unconstitutional goals, "there are currently no concrete indications ... that its actions will lead to success."
The German parliament's upper house had applied for the ban at the end of 2013.
Vosskuhle, in explaining the verdict, mentioned the party's irrelevance, pointing out it had only a single seat in the European Parliament and that the NPD's election results have in recent years been "on a low level."
Read more: www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/17/world/europe/ap-eu-germany-far-right.html