>>81556172Have you heard about what is happening with the AFD in Germany?
while the AfD is Germany's third-largest party in the Bundestag (~24% of seats), it has been subject to an informal "cordon sanitaire": blocked from key parliamentary roles like committee chairmanships and vice-presidential seats. Although these exclusions are technically legal, they break longstanding conventions.
Although entitled to six committee chairs, all six AfD nominees were voted down by other parties. This includes major committees like Budget, Interior, Finance, Labor, Justice, and Petitions
Since entering parliament in 2017, the AfD has never held any vice-presidential role. Their candidates consistently failed to gain a majority
AfD nominees for leadership in intelligence oversight and other parliamentary bodies have been similarly blocked
Do you think Germany's Democracy is working when AFD is being treated this way?