Definition of Genocide: Genocide is aimed "at the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of
culture,
language,
national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the
personal security...
of the individuals belonging to such groups."
9/4/16, "German anti-immigrant party beats Merkel in her home district," Reuters, Erik Kirschbaum and Andrea Shalal, Berlin
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats were beaten into third place by the anti-immigrant and anti-Islam Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a north-eastern state election on Sunday, TV exit polls showed.
In
a stinging defeat for Merkel in her home district that could weaken her
chances of a fourth term in next year's federal elections, the upstart
AfD took 21.9 percent of the vote behind the center-left Social
Democrats (SPD) in their first election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by
campaigning hard against the chancellor's policies on refugees,
according to a projection by ARD TV at 1.15 p.m. ET.
"This
isn't pretty for us," said Michael Grosse-Broemer, one of Merkel's top
deputies in parliament in Berlin in a ZDF TV interview. "Those who voted
for the AfD were sending a message of protest."
Merkel's
approval rating has plunged to a five-year low of 45 percent, down from
67 percent a year ago, due to spreading disenchantment with her
open-door policies on refugees.
According
to a Der Spiegel magazine report, Merkel wanted to announce her
intention of running for a fourth term this year but put that on hold
due to resistance from her Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social
Union. The arch-conservative CSU has demanded that Merkel put limits on
the numbers of refugees.
"This
was a dark day for Merkel," Thomas Jaeger, a political scientist at
Cologne University, told Reuters. "Everyone knows that she lost this
election. Her district in parliament is there, she campaigned there, and
refugees are her issue."
The
election took place exactly a year after Merkel's decision to open
Germany's borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees and the
discontent in the state was palpable.
"This
is a slap in the face for Merkel -- not only in Berlin but also in her
home state," said Frauke Petry, co-leader of the AfD. "The voters made a
clear statement against Merkel's disastrous immigration policies. This
put her in her place."
The
AfD's win was cheered by the leader of France's far-right National
Front party, Marine Le Pen, who posted on Twitter:
"What was impossible
yesterday has become possible: the patriots of AfD sweep up the party of
Ms Merkel. All my congratulations!”
The
SPD, which has ruled the rural state on the Baltic coast with the CDU
as junior coalition partners since 2006, won 30.2 percent of the vote,
down from 35.6 percent in the last election in 2011. The CDU won 19
percent, down from 23 percent in 2011, and its worst result ever in the
state, ARD TV said.
The
Left Party won 12.7 percent, down from 18.4 percent five years ago,
while the Greens won 4.9 percent, down from 8.7 percent, and fell out of
the assembly. The far-right NPD was also knocked out of the state
legislature, falling below the 5 percent threshold for the first time
since 2006.
Despite
losing support, the SPD (26 seats) and the CDU (16) won enough seats to
be able to continue their coalition in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the
AfD as the second-largest bloc in the 71-seat state assembly with 18
seats. The SPD, which could also form a coalition with the Left Party,
said it was leaving its options open.
Voters
already punished Merkel in three state elections in March, voting in
droves for the AfD and rejecting Merkel's Christian Democrats.
Founded
in 2013, the AfD now has won seats in nine of the 16 state assemblies
across the country. However, it has no chance of governing in
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since the other parties have said they would not
form a coalition with the party.
The
AfD is also making gains nationwide, a new poll showed on Sunday. If
the national election were held next week, the AfD would win 12 percent
of the vote, making it the third-largest party in Germany, according to a
poll conducted by the Emnid institute for the Bild newspaper and
published on Sunday.
Merkel
had made a last-minute campaign appearance on Saturday in
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, warning against the politics of "angst" offered
by AfD with its virulent anti-refugee stance."
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Definition of genocide:
"Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation.
It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the
political and social institutions, of
culture,
language,
national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the
lives of the individuals belonging to such groups."...
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Definition of genocide:
"Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation.
It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the
political and social institutions, of
culture,
language,
national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the
lives of the individuals belonging to such groups."...
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