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Caught on Camera: SPD Politician Charged Over Attack on AfD Rival

German prosecutors have charged two men with aggravated assault over the attack of an Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) councillor, including one suspect identified by German media as a local Social Democratic Party (SPD) politician. The case and the filed charges reflect increasing political violence against right-wing politicians.

Tweet translation – Norbert Raatz (AfD council member in the Hürth city council). He was repeatedly attacked by an SPD council member and faction leader, Lukas Gottschalk.

Norbert Raatz (Ratsmitglied der AfD im Hürther Stadtrat). Er wurde mehrfach von einem SPD-Ratsmitglied und Fraktionsvorsitzenden, Lukas Gottschalk, angegriffen.😡

#NiewiederGewaltgegenAfDler #Gewaltfreidemokratie #sowashatniemand verdient pic.twitter.com/GZXS2nu7XM

— AfD im Westen (@bootzip2) December 22, 2024

by Blazingcatfur•June 25, 2026June 26, 2026•0•Germany, Germany - AfD party

Germany’s Perfect Storm of Social Decline

wo dangerous trends are coalescing in Germany: the deterioration of private life and the tyrannization of politics. The latter comes to light in the persecution of any political opinion marginally different from that of the government.

Private life deteriorates under pressure from a stagnant economy with its withering welfare state. Unending tax hikes are coupled with the erosion and increasing unreliability of social benefits.

Time to check in with Survival Lilly for an Austrian take on all things Europe. Well some things.

by Blazingcatfur•June 24, 2026June 24, 2026•0•Germany

AfD State Parliament Member Assaulted by Left-Wing Extremists Outside His Home

Alternative für Deutschland’s (AfD) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament member Michael Meister was brutally attacked outside his private residence in Rostock on Wednesday night, in what is being investigated as a politically motivated assault by suspected left-wing extremists.

Meister said he first felt “pressure in his back” and believes one of the attackers attempted to stab him from behind. The blow was reportedly stopped by a laptop inside his backpack. The AfD politician nevertheless sustained several injuries during the attack, including a “cut to his left arm,” a kick to his leg, and “at least one punch to the face.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 19, 2026June 19, 2026•0•Antifa, Germany, Germany - AfD party

Germany Wants To Change the Rules Before AfD Can Take Power

Germany has proven again that there is nothing it is more afraid of than democracy itself, especially when people vote the ‘wrong way.’

The country’s state interior ministers are discussing plans that could block future AfD-led state governments from accessing sensitive intelligence and criminal investigation data, according to Junge Freiheit.

The discussions are taking place within the Conference of Interior Ministers, a body that brings together the interior ministers of Germany’s 16 federal states.

by Blazingcatfur•June 19, 2026June 18, 2026•0•Germany, Germany - AfD party, Germany: Not Bombed Enough?

Trump Wants Germany to Pay Its Fair Share for Drugs — And You Should Too

Last week, Trump administration officials met with the German government to discuss Germany paying more for prescription drugs innovated and manufactured in America.

It’s about time.

Donald Trump has always hated that U.S. pharmaceutical companies charge Americans more than the big publicly funded healthcare systems in Europe.

by Blazingcatfur•June 17, 2026June 17, 2026•0•Germany, USA

Germany repels Polish incursion ….

🇵🇱🇩🇪German police were filmed beating Poles who carried a large cross to the Place of Remembrance for Poland 1939-1945, a monument to the Polish victims of WWII in Berlin.

The incident is threatening to turn into a diplomatic fiasco. pic.twitter.com/yM7dBYEH6e

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) June 16, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•June 16, 2026June 16, 2026•0•Germany, Poland, WTF?

Germany’s Big LNG Deal With Canada May Never Deliver a Single Cargo

The Iran war has made supplies of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, the most strategic since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Suddenly, countries are scrambling to get their hands on molecules that provide reliable baseload power to industries and homes.

That explains why Germany is buying LNG from Canada. It’s to ensure long-term energy security, reduce reliance on volatile global supplies, and diversify away from Middle Eastern and Russian energy markets.

h/t patthedog

by Blazingcatfur•June 13, 2026June 12, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Germany

Germans Want ‘Politician Insult’ Law Scrapped, Poll Finds

The German Criminal Code’s controversial Section 188, which prohibits social media users from insulting or even criticizing politicians online, has become a hot topic in Germany again after a Facebook user was fined for over €2,000 for calling Chancellor Merz a “liar.”

Pollster INSA conducted a country-wide survey to discover what Germans actually think about the law, and found widespread opposition.

by Blazingcatfur•June 11, 2026June 10, 2026•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Germany, WTF?

AfD MPs Questioned—For Displaying German Flag

Parliamentary police in Berlin were called to investigate AfD lawmakers after they displayed a large German national flag from a Bundestag office overlooking an anti-government protest, triggering accusations of political double standards.

The incident occurred on Monday, June 8th, as demonstrators marched through the German capital calling for the resignation of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government and demanding a series of political reforms.

by Blazingcatfur•June 10, 2026June 9, 2026•0•Germany, Germany - AfD party

Far-Left arson attack suspected in power outage in western German city

Arson is suspected as the cause of a large-scale power outage that hit the western German city of Reutlingen on Monday, according to a spokesman for grid operator Netze BW.

Three fire sites were found at a substation, while the fence and grounds in front of the facility had been damaged, the spokesman said.

… The incident is reminiscent of suspected far-left arson attacks in Berlin last year and at the start of 2026 that left thousands of households without electricity for days on end.

by Blazingcatfur•June 8, 2026June 8, 2026•0•"Far Left Extremism", Germany, terrorism

All for one: Norway, Germany sell Canada on shared submarine fleet

Both Norway and Germany invoked an all-for-one, one-for-all approach as they this week sharpened their public and private pitches for Canada to select the Type 212CD as the navy’s next submarine.

Both long-standing NATO allies, the two European powers are now putting more emphasis on what it means for Arctic and North Atlantic security for three nations to operate the same boat.

“We are thinking of the submarine fleet not as a Norwegian fleet and a German fleet and a Canadian fleet, we were thinking of a common fleet,” Marte Gerhardsen, the state secretary to Norway’s minister of defence, told CBC News in an interview this week.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2026May 30, 2026•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Germany

CDU pamphlet scandal: Resignation templates sent to AfD lawmakers backfire spectacularly

Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU), who currently rule the country in coalition with the Christian Social Union (CSU), have sent out pamphlets to all AfD lawmakers, explaining to them just how dangerous their party is and providing a template resignation letter to facilitate their departure from the anti-migration party.

The 35-page booklet titled “Decline for Germany. No Alternative” claims that the party is “harmful to democracy, anti-Semitic, nationalist.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 30, 2026May 30, 2026•0•Germany, Germany - AfD party, Germany: Not Bombed Enough?

Germany pledges four submarines by 2036 in high-stakes pitch to Canada

Should the Liberal government decide to go with the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) bid, the German shipbuilder has now pledged to deliver four Type 212-CD submarines to the Canadian Navy by 2036, the country’s defence minister tells CBC News.

Boris Pistorius said Wednesday that he has every confidence that the company will meet the delivery goal, which emerged early on as one of the major competitive differences between TKMS and South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean shipyard.

by Blazingcatfur•May 28, 2026May 28, 2026•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "RCN", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Germany

German submarine bid promises Canada $86B economic boost and tens of thousands of jobs

An average of up to 50,000 jobs could be created in Canada over the next five years should the federal government opt to buy the German-made Type 212CD submarine, CBC News has learned.

Up until this point in the fierce competition over the navy’s new submarines, both the German and Norwegian governments and the builder, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), have been reluctant to reveal strict details of the potential economic benefits that could accrue from their proposal.

by Blazingcatfur•May 27, 2026May 27, 2026•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Germany

Fewer Than One-Fifth of Germans Believe the Bundeswehr is Combat-Ready

Just 17% of Germans think that the Bundeswehr is currently capable of defending the country in the event of a military conflict, according to a new survey.

The findings, from a recent INSA poll commissioned by Bild am Sonntag, highlight continuing public scepticism over the state of Germany’s armed forces—despite repeated government pledges to modernise the military following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

by Blazingcatfur•May 25, 2026May 24, 2026•0•Germany