AN Eastern German city has declared a “Nazi emergency”, saying it has a problem with the far right.
Dresden, the capital of Saxony, has long been viewed as a bastion of the far-right and is the birthplace of the anti-Islam Pegida movement.
Councillors in the city approved a resolution saying more needs to be done to tackle the issue.
“‘Nazinotstand’ means – similar to the climate emergency – that we have a serious problem. The open democratic society is threatened,” local councillor Max Aschenbach, who tabled the motion, said.
Aschenbach, from left-leaning satirical political party Die Partei, said he believed it was necessary to take action because politicians were not doing enough to “position themselves clearly” against the far-right. He said adopting the motion showed the city council’s commitment to fostering “a democratic society that protects minorities and resolutely opposes Nazis”.
The resolution was approved by 39 votes to 29, with Germany’s governing Christian Democrats among those to have rejected it.
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