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TheRealTom wrote that a Bavarian constitutional judge wants to force representatives, who are free and only obligated to their conscience, to adopt a uniform, prescribed voting behavior through criminal law means. A former chancellor’s office minister demanded that half of the members of the inaugural session of a state parliament stay away en masse. The author interpreted both as a call to undermine democracy for personal gain and to turn it into an empty shell. #Demokratie #Rechtsstaat #Politik (translated)

The author marked 9 October 1989 as Leipzig Freedom Day and said they remained deeply grateful to the tens of thousands of citizens who had peacefully opposed dictatorship. They wrote that their actions helped open the way to German unity and a free Europe, citing the slogans “Wir sind das Volk” and “Keine Gewalt.” https://t.co/6lrDtt0bve #Freiheit #Demokratie #Einheit #DE #EU

Heimatgefühl called it a scandal that BMW had canceled the contract offer for a service car to AfD parliamentary president Tobias Rausch after his election. The author referred to the role of the company during the Nazi era: BMW had become an important armaments company and had greatly benefited from German rearmament. The company produced motorcycles for the Wehrmacht, especially the BMW R75 sidecar, as well as the standard passenger car BMW 325 intended for the Wehrmacht from 1938 to 1940. Heimatgefühl referred to the AfD as a democratic party and called it absurd to deny her a service car. In conclusion, the author demanded to continue in this manner and used an English slogan that linked "woke" politics with economic decline. #Skandal #BMW #AfD (translated)

Sparbuchfeinde wrote that one can have different opinions about politics and parties, and topics such as migration and foreign policy are emotional. However, in his view, the AfD has the best tax program in Germany. He listed as its components a uniform tax rate of 22 percent for individuals and companies, as well as a possible municipal surcharge of no more than 3 percent. There are also provisions for allowances of 15,000 euros for adults and 12,000 euros per child, a flat rate for advertising expenses of 2,000 euros, and an automatic adjustment of all allowances to inflation. According to sparbuchfeinde, the program also includes the abolition of the solidarity surcharge and inheritance and gift tax. For the property transfer tax, there should be an exemption for the first-time purchase of owner-occupied property, and otherwise, a limitation of the tax rate to a maximum of 3.5 percent. #Steuerpolitik #AfD #Deutschland (translated)

NIUS wrote that the spokesperson of the Tagesschau, referred to by her as the "government news spokesman," announced on the Day of German Unity that the Day of Open Mosque is traditionally also part of the national holiday. https://t.co/MigYvkObDl https://t.co/vz4hPMv62H #TagderDeutschenEinheit #Nationalfeiertag #OffeneMoschee (translated)

NIUS wrote that Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier does not want to be remembered retrospectively as a reconciler of the Germans, but rather as a symbol of the left. The article described him as a point of connection for intransigence, backwardness, and threats. Steinmeier's speech on German Unity Day was said to be a political legacy; the 50-minute speech in Bremen was described by NIUS as extremely toxic. In addition, the medium linked to an edition of "Kissler Kompakt" from October 6. #Politik #Deutschland #Steinmeier (translated)

The prophet wrote that Chancellor Merz would travel to Ukraine on the Day of German Unity and pledge additional billions in military aid. He referred to Markus Frohnmaier, who said at Welt that this policy could no longer be conveyed to the domestic population. #AfD #Merz #Ukraine https://t.co/GjMKcBdwB1 #Ukraine #Merkel #AfD (translated)

Apollo News wrote that Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivered a predictable speech on the Day of German Unity, in which he condemned disruption and change, labeling those who demanded upheavals as Nazis. According to this, Steinmeier wants a manageable democracy. https://t.co/XUsggk28ug https://t.co/blHugoFC0i #Einheitsfeiertag #Demokratie #Disruption (translated)

Ben Krischke wrote that the speech of the Federal President on the Day of German Unity and the applause of the 1,000 honored guests were marked by the same authoritarian self-satisfaction that he experienced during the Corona period. He asked whether the audience had not noticed that the Federal President was dividing rather than uniting on that day, thus doing the opposite of what the day stands for. He did not believe that no one had noticed this, Krischke wrote. Nevertheless, no one left the hall, and everyone applauded. #Geschichte #Politik #Einheit (translated)

Zara Riffler presented the Bremen Unity Celebration, where the SPD mayor, according to her, had invoked a united Germany that lives diversity, in contrast to an attack on a homosexual couple. She wrote that a ten-member Arab group had attacked the couple. https://t.co/uZ7TIDvezq #BremerEinheitsfeier #Vielfalt #Homophobie (translated)

The AfD faction in the Bundestag criticized Chancellor Merz's trip to Ukraine shortly after the Day of German Unity. The foreign policy spokesman for the faction, Markus Frohnmaier, stated that Merz wanted to pledge hundreds of millions of euros in taxpayer money there again. At the same time, he accused the federal government of making cuts in healthcare and nursing services domestically while supporting Ukraine with funds. Frohnmaier also referred to his representation of underfunded municipalities, daycare centers, and schools, as well as a dilapidated infrastructure. The AfD faction rejects what it sees as endless funding and armament and demands that taxpayer money be used for German bridges, energy supply, and municipalities. Instead of costly public relations during trips abroad, Frohnmaier stated that there needs to be a foreign policy that prioritizes German interests and diplomatic initiatives to end the war. #Deutschland #Ukraine #Politik (translated)

Manaf Hassan criticized the closeness of Federal Constitutional Court President Stephan Harbarth to the political leadership. A photo from the weekend in Bremen shows Harbarth at the state ceremony for the Day of German Unity directly next to leading politicians, he wrote. The court president must stand for the separation of powers, but had previously served as a CDU member of the Bundestag, a member of the CDU federal executive, and as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag. Harbarth had switched from the faction leadership to the Federal Constitutional Court in November 2018 and was elected vice president the day after his election as a judge. About a year and a half later, he became president. Hassan described it as unusual that Harbarth reached the head of the court without prior judicial activity in Karlsruhe. Before that, Harbarth had worked as a partner in a law firm that split from Shearman & Sterling in 2008, becoming SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz. Until 2004, Hanno Berger also worked there in Frankfurt on tax law. Berger is considered a central developer of the Cum-Ex transactions, in which banks and investors received refunds for capital gains tax that they had never paid. Experts estimate the damage, according to Hassan, at a double-digit billion amount. Berger later advised, among others, the Hamburg Warburg Bank and has since been legally convicted. Harbarth worked during those years in the Mannheim office of the law firm; what he knew about Berger's activities remains unclear, Hassan wrote. Additionally, Hassan referred to decisions and proceedings at the Federal Constitutional Court: The First Senate under Harbarth's chairmanship had examined and largely approved central Corona measures in 2021. In the Second Senate, there has been a complaint regarding the election review from BSW for almost two years, which wants to achieve a recount of the federal election and entry into the Bundestag. If BSW were to enter Parliament retroactively, the black-red coalition would lose its own majority, according to Hassan. He asked how Harbarth could be at the head of the court while also publicly standing next to the government, whose actions the court should control. #Bremen #Bundesverfassungsgericht #Politik (translated)