Posted on 09/24/2025 6:47:21 AM PDT by MtnClimber
"A democracy thrives on the freedom of choice — but that wasn't even granted to the citizens".
Germany’s left have long claimed that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is a threat to democracy, and due to this claim, they argue the party should be banned entirely. Although banning parties is typically reserved for authoritarian regimes, this outcome remains a very real possibility in Germany, and a local election in the city of Ludwigshafen just showed what such an outcome could look like in practice.
Incredibly, the main candidate for the AfD, Joachim Paul, was banned from running in the mayoral election. The method used to ban him could become widespread and now represent — despite what the left claims — the true threat to democracy in Germany.
Using an expert opinion from the powerful domestic spy agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), commissioned by Social Democrat (SPD)-led Interior Minister of Rhineland-Palantinate, Paul was banned through the courts. It was a backdoor method that three separate courts upheld after numerous appeals by the AfD” ‘s lawyers.
“Election night without the blue bar. And without an alternative! Remarkable: low voter turnout and a relatively high number of invalid votes. I thank everyone who has supported me in the last 6 weeks! Many heartfelt thanks!” wrote Paul on his X page.
Notably, Paul was leading in the polls before he was removed entirely from the ballot. Nobody replaced him on the ballot either, meaning the AfD was not represented by anyone in the election.
Now, the turnout in the mayoral election has reached an all-time low of just 29.3 percent. In 2017’s mayoral election in Ludwigshafen, the then-SPD candidate Jutta Steinruck won with 60.2 percent participation.
That means voter turnout was cut in half from that election.
That is not all. For those who did vote, many of them appear to have submitted “spoiled” ballots. A record-high number of ballots were ruled invalid, at 9.2 percent. Eight years ago, that number was just 2.6 percent....SNIP
Saving “Our Democracy™”.
Our dear NATO allies, united in freedom - for neo-marxists, socialists, imported migrants, and EU oligarchs.
AfD needs to he on double secret probation it would appear. Guess some folks don’t like suppression of political parties.
Merkel’s Communist Dictatorship Germany
BE, not he. DOH!
This is what the corrupt German Establishment will be forced to resort to in order to hold onto power. They will have no democratic mandate.
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” JFK
In the US several states, notably Maine and Colorado, the Secretaries of State tried to keep Trump off the ballot.
Germany used to be a fairly conservative country, but the Color Revolution that took hold there turned it around.
This just in. The city council in Ludwigshafen is chaning the name of the city to Lud!We!Shaft!Em!
Two world wars impacted the gene pool. Ditto, England.
You can do that? Just announce that a particular candidate or party can’t run? Sounds like East Germany to me...or maybe North Korea!
The illusion of a multi-party system.
In reality, they have two parties: Establishment Party and Other.
And you are not allowed to vote for Other.
Very similar to the US — We have the Uniparty and we have Trump. And they tried to make Trump illegal.
Nothing saves democracy more than
not voting
( looking at you Texas Dems)
not letting your opponents run for office
These people rape the word democracy
Germany will do even worse after the Muslims fully take over.
I did Nazi that coming.
Gosh, who else in German history banned his political opposition?
AfD was the banned politian.
This kind of ham-fisted nonsense is exactly how the Nazi party came to power in Germany.
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