As Far-Right Surges in US and Germany Debate Rages Over Disqualification of Those Who Would Destroy Democracy
…ense measures in the constitution of the newly founded Federal Republic of Germany to the country’s genocidal past: One of the principles of West Germany’s postwar constitution—known as the Basic Law—was constitutional self-defense. According to section 1 of article 21, the “internal organization” of political parties “must conform to democratic principles.” According to section 2, parties that “seek to undermine or abolish the free democratic bas…
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