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France moves to ban far-right Catholic party Civitas for antisemitism (www.timesofisrael.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MrAlagos@feddit.it to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] AbsolutelyNotABot@feddit.it 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So if the party's attitude to the constitution has been deemed hostile and it does indeed have the potential to upend democracy in Germany this should be the perfect time to ban this party.

Problem being, when one voter every 5 supports a party, it's not that simple as you're basically saying 20% of your entire population is unfit according to the constitution.

It's a suicide, politically speaking

[–] Syndic@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Problem being, when one voter every 5 supports a party, it's not that simple as you're basically saying 20% of your entire population is unfit according to the constitution.

But it's true! Which make's the whole thing fucking dangerous. That's exactly the reason the constitution does have articles in it meant to combat this very thing.

[–] AbsolutelyNotABot@feddit.it 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It may be a cynical argument but... People who wrote Grundgesetz doesn't need to be elected anymore, people who does politics today, instead, needs to.

We live in a democracy, at the very end, the electorate is the true final judge.

[–] legofreak@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrenched_clause#Germany
Germany's constitution protects certain parts from changed through regular legislation. This was done specifically to prohibit the rise of authoritarian governments.

[–] Tiptopit@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

There are many more citizens than voters. Only around 72% of those, who are allowed to, vote and this also leaves out the people who are not allowed to.