@anzich@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 1 year agoGerman far-right leader hails Brexit as ‘model for Germany’ [ft.com]archive.phmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down15
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkGerman far-right leader hails Brexit as ‘model for Germany’ [ft.com]archive.ph@anzich@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squarerhabarbalinkfedilinkEnglish-8•1 year agoI love how this is (mis)used to dismiss EU critics as “far-right”, although communists were always against the EU as well.
minus-square@trashgirlfriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year ago The statement is from a member of the far right AfD party. “Communist” parties are mostly just right wing parties with a different aesthetic.
minus-squarerhabarbalinkfedilinkEnglish-2•1 year ago Yes, it is, but it has become common practice in Germany to automatically portray things that the AfD also wants as “far-right demands”. That is, of course, utter nonsense. No, they are not.
I love how this is (mis)used to dismiss EU critics as “far-right”, although communists were always against the EU as well.
The statement is from a member of the far right AfD party.
“Communist” parties are mostly just right wing parties with a different aesthetic.