A scare on Tuesday evening at the petrol station in Rue des États-Généraux in the heart of Versailles (Yvelines). At around 9.45 pm, a man came to this small Total petrol station in the city centre, just a few steps away from the town hall and the castle. There he approached a driver who was refuelling. He demanded that he hand over his vehicle and appeared extremely threatening.
He demanded of his victim, a 20-year-old man from Paris, ‘Give me your car or I’ll cut your throat’. The stranger escalated his threat by saying: ‘This is my battle today’ and that he was ready to ‘blow up the petrol station’, according to a police source. He then began reciting suras from the Quran and shouting ‘Allahu akbar’.
[…] The 30-year-old from Versailles, who has been taken into police custody, is to be questioned and medically examined again to determine his mental state. The diagnosis will determine the next steps in the case, which involves glorification of terrorism, repeated death threats and attempted robbery.
On Tuesday the 14th of January, another theft occurred in the cathedral of Nevers. The damage does not appear to be extensive, but the parishioners feel angry above all.
Sainte-Julitte Cathedral in Nevers was the target of a break-in on Tuesday the 14th of January between 12pm and 2pm. It was Pierre-Éric Durand, a volunteer at the cathedral and responsible for security issues in the diocese, who became aware of the offence.
As he was restocking the candlesticks with candles, he realised that the counter at the entrance to the cathedral had been broken into. Three padlocks had been broken and removed. However, the loot was small. The drawer of the counter had been opened, but very little was stolen from inside. Jean-Michel Drugeon from the association Regard sur la cathédrale de Nevers and head of the commission for sacred art in the diocese of Nevers says: ‘Probably books or postcards’.
The cash box affected by the theft was also moved slightly. The police have been called in to investigate. A report will be filed.
On site, the police hypothesised. A bolt cutter? A pair of pliers? An investigation is being launched. In any case, it does not appear to be a more casual theft. ‘The time chosen is not insignificant, nor is the method of theft,’ say the cathedral officials who were present at the scene.
What annoys Jean-Michel Drugeon even more is the damage. ‘It’s a huge outrage. It sucks.’
Asylum seekers in the state of Lower Austria are complaining about the introduction of a payment card system for benefits, claiming the scheme isn’t currently fit for purpose and is too restrictive.
The newcomers to Austria have the advocacy support of left-wing NGO “Together Halt NÖ,” which held a press conference on Tuesday to demand changes to the payment card system, which had initially been introduced as part of a pilot project aimed at reducing misuse of state funds by restricting cash withdrawals and transfers.
Since November last year, around 1,000 asylum seekers have been obligated to use prepaid cards, which provide €5.71 per day to cover essential needs such as hygiene products. Other essential subsistence such as food, accommodation, and medical care are all provided for by the state at reception centers.
While the Freedom Party (FPÖ), which governs the state in coalition with the center-right ÖVP, has defended the policy as effective and necessary, NGOs argue that it imposes undue hardship on those already in vulnerable situations, restricting them to making purchases only from eligible traders.
“Our goal is to prevent illegal immigration into the social system,” said Christoph Luisser, FPÖ State Councilor for Integration, emphasizing that the initiative prioritizes accountability to taxpayers. The system also ensures that funds are spent on essential goods, with purchases limited to specific stores such as Spar, Billa, and Penny.
State party deputy chairman Udo Landbauer echoed this sentiment, defending the card as part of a broader strategy to impose strict rules for asylum seekers in Lower Austria. “We are sending a clear signal that our social system is not intended for those who want to make themselves comfortable in the social hammock,” he said.
Together Halt NÖ, however, calls the system ineffective, telling attendees at Tuesday’s press conference of the difficulties migrants are facing using the cards.
“An enormous amount of effort is being made for 1,035 people, which is neither justified nor effective,” its co-founder Gundi Dick stated.
Heute reported how the NGO shared testimonies from asylum seekers. One individual reported that the daily allowance is insufficient to cover basic needs and that the restriction to certain stores prevents access to cheaper options. “There isn’t enough money for one day. It’s also difficult to afford transportation to places like St. Pölten for German courses or appointments,” the respondent explained, suggesting their issue was not limited to accessibility but that they wanted a higher sum from the Austrian state.
Critics also argued that the payment card undermines efforts to integrate asylum seekers into Austrian society. Retired professor Dr. Sieglinde Rosenberger stated that integration is a two-way process requiring both migrants and the host society to actively participate. “This process is currently no longer happening in Lower Austria,” she claimed.
Left-wing activists even went so far as to argue that the system violates human rights, with Lisa Sterzinger of the NGO claiming it “contradicts the right to a standard of living that ensures health and well-being” and contributes to negative stereotypes about migrant mistrust, fueling stigmatization.
FPÖ representatives remain steadfast in their support of the policy, framing it as a necessary measure to deter abuse and prioritize Austrian taxpayers. “Actual refugees are grateful for food, shelter, and medical care. In this context, the benefit-in-kind card fulfills exactly its purpose,” Luisser concluded.
Far-left banker Matthieu Pigasse (pictured here with dictator Denis Sassou Nguesso): ‘I want to involve the media I control in the fight against the radical right’. Screengrab
The year 2024 was marked in France by a rare campaign against media owned by the conservative Catholic billionaire Vincent Bolloré. His media outlets were accused of disseminating false information, manipulating opinion, and breaching the ethics of ‘journalistic neutrality.’ But it seems the rules are not the same for everyone: at the start of 2025, the French left-wing media have no qualms about publicly unveiling their agenda to control public opinion—this time, on their terms and in the service of their ideas—and they see no reason to be concerned about it.
The French media—particularly the press and television—have over the last few years undergone a massive process of consolidation and are now in the hands of a few large fortunes that own and more or less tightly control the majority of the private press outlets and television channels, which also receive public funding.
In this landscape, one man has set about methodically shattering the consensus of political correctness: Vincent Bolloré. Born into an old Breton family known for its involvement in the service of Free France during the Second World War, and with deep roots in the Brittany region, Bolloré has built a reputation as a solid man who cares little about what people say—or about pressure from the mainstream media.
With his undeniable business acumen, he runs successful companies, which, in the eyes of the Left, is one of his greatest flaws. In recent years, he has focused on the media, building a small empire that allows him to broadcast an alternative viewpoint to that of public service outlets. After setting his sights on television with the CNews channel, which has become France’s leading news channel ahead of the established BFM TV channel, he has conquered prime positions in radio with the Europe 1 station. Finally, he challenged the print media by buying the widely circulated Le Journal du Dimanche, typically used by politicians of all stripes to communicate with the French public through interviews.
Crimes such as these are not easily forgiven by the dominant media court. Throughout 2024, the attacks on the ‘Bolloré galaxy’ multiplied, to the point of leading to a parliamentary enquiry into its ‘actions’ and the danger it allegedly represents to French democracy. His group’s media outlets have been hit with a host of sanctions, including warnings from the ARCOM media regulatory authority and the eviction of one of his channels from the DTT network.
Bolloré has taken note of this decision but is not a man to be taken lightly. In retaliation, Bolloré announced that he was withdrawing all his pay-TV channels from DTT—including those that had not been convicted—thus saving more than €20 million each year in fees and taxes. Bolloré is a free man, and his dazzling success obviously gives him the means to achieve this freedom.
The owner of CNews has also become the prime target of attacks by the leftist media, draped in the dignified toga of the defender of democracy in danger. And any means are justified to accomplish this supposedly noble goal—including the use of the very weapons they accuse their adversary of employing.
Case in point: on Monday, January 13th, a lengthy interview with newspaper owner Matthieu Pigasse by left-wing newspaper Libération. Pigasse, a former investment banker, is a key figure in the French media landscape since he is the co-owner of the newspaper Le Monde, considered in France to be the daily reference in management circles. In this interview, Pigasse reveals his game with startling clarity. He explains: “I want to bring the media I control into the fight against the radical right.”
Nous sommes arrivés à un moment critique, avec une polarisation extrême entre deux conceptions du monde : une, ouverte et progressiste, et une autre, fermée, qui repose sur la fermeture des frontières, la fermeture des esprits et le rejet de l’autre. Cette vision est portée par… pic.twitter.com/raVuaY9gXB
Every word of this statement needs to be weighed and assessed at its true value. Such words from Vincent Bolloré would have caused a major scandal. “I want”; “the media I control”; “the fight.” The objective is clearly stated, the ideological offensive carried out without shame or hidden agenda. Pigasse openly acknowledges what everyone already knows: the left-wing press, which hides behind the label of a generalist press with supposedly benevolent neutrality, is waging a merciless war against ideas it deems ‘nauseating.’ But he has the right to do so because he is on the side of ‘good’—which is obviously not the case with Bolloré.
Matthieu Pigasse produces a number of news programmes on the French public television network, including “C à vous,”“C ce soir,” and “C dans l’air,” with another media magnate, Xavier Niel, a former friend of socialist President François Mitterrand. He has no qualms about “controlling” the journalists who appear on these programmes, which are also publicly funded, and putting “his financial interests at the service of his ideas.” Neutrality is clearly not a requirement for everyone.
Pigasse is revealing his cards because he has a vague feeling that the game is not as easy to play as it used to be. At the global level, the tide is turning under the blows of a triad he denounces, “MMT”—for Milei, Musk, and Trump. In Europe, Musk’s management of the X platform is forcing the European Union authorities, destabilised by a discourse that is no longer unequivocal, to openly admit that they, too, want to control public opinion.
In France, the conservative camp, strengthened by the success of Bolloré and his emulators, no longer intends to let this happen. Last summer, the activist group Les Corsaires, fighting for freedom of expression, attacked the TMC channel and its mainstream programme “Quotidien”—known for its merciless treatment of right-wing contributors—for its misleading coverage of a press conference by Jordan Bardella. Les Corsaires succeeded in obtaining at the very least a formal reprimand from ARCOM against the presenter, on the grounds that he “violated the integrity of the information.”
This week, MEP Laurence Trochu, who belongs to the Identité-Libertés movement founded by Marion Maréchal, referred the Matthieu Pigasse interview to ARCOM, the media regulatory authority, since Pigasse admits to using French people’s money to support his own ideological struggle.
Will ARCOM go after Matthieu Pigasse, a prey of a different calibre than the “Quotidien” host? It is to be feared that he will not be disturbed and that he will continue to receive public funds for the media he ‘controls,’ which dutifully distil the authorised doctrine. But let’s rejoice: we can already say that the dominant consensus of political correctness has now been broken.
A ‘victim of his illness’: the student was arrested in front of the Élysée Palace and put on trial for glorifying terrorism.
The strange personality of a law student from Crépy-en-Valois (Oise) kept the judges in Senlis busy for a long time on Wednesday. The young man, who had been accused of glorifying terrorism at his university in Paris, suffered from psychological problems and was finally acquitted.
On October 26, 24-year-old law student Yann N., who has Ivorian nationality and lives in Crépy-en-Valois (Oise), was arrested by the Garde Républicains at the gates of the Élysée Palace. The services specialising in counter-terrorism had taken an interest in this young man, who had been put on the alert the previous day by the dean of his law school in Paris following a message posted in a WhatsApp group by students. In a PDF document, Yann N. commenced with long, unclear statements in which he apparently praised the attacks of 9/11 in New York and that of October 7, 2023 on Israeli soil.
The inconspicuous student quickly deleted the post, but his fellow students were so shocked that they alerted the dean, who then filed a complaint and submitted screenshots to the police. Yann N., who was not at his home in Crépy-en-Valois, was eventually arrested in front of the presidential palace, where he had planned to visit an exhibition on French know-how. Investigators found numerous search queries on his computer relating to terrorist attacks and Islamic State videos. A draft plan for a hypothetical terrorist attack in the Châtelet-Les Halles metro station was discovered on his mobile phone, complete with a schedule and instructions.
The Daily Mail reports that Paris’ Gaîté Lyrique theatre, known for radical shows and exhibitions, staged a conference on December 10 titled “Reinventing the Welcome for Refugees in France.” The free event featured talks by top academics and Red Cross officials. More than 250 migrants, mostly from France’s former west African colonies, were invited. When the conference ended, the migrants decided the theatre made a good winter shelter and refused to leave.
The theatre’s Left-wing management issued a statement last week noting that the number of people occupying the venue is “continuing to increase” to around 300 people (Streetpress.com puts the number at 340). The theatre had to cancel all performances until at least January 24, and now faces bankruptcy after an estimated “several hundred thousand euros in direct losses” of ticket sales.
“The sanitary conditions are deteriorating day after day and the teams are facing this situation alone,” the statement read. “Although this occupation is forced, it is unthinkable for the Gaîté Lyrique to throw these people out onto the street in the middle of winter.”
It’s actually not unthinkable. There are lawful means to evict these squatters who are likely in the country illegally anyway, and driving the theatre out of business and poisoning the premises with unsanitary personal practices to boot. It’s only unthinkable to the theatre management because the multiculturalist Left always prioritizes the comfort and whims of illegal non-Western migrants over even their own survival.
So the theatre blames government inaction instead. According to the Daily Mail,
Paris’s Socialist-led council, which owns the building, claims it has looked for accommodation for the migrants but that none was available.
It has called for the government to deal with the problem, but President Macron’s centrist cabinet is said to have ignored the request and is reluctant to get involved in the debacle.
Businesses surrounding the 19th century venue are suffering losses too. The bistro next door, a popular spot for theatregoers to eat and drink before and after shows, has reported €30,000 in lost revenue so far.
“They are ruining my business,” the bistro manager, herself the daughter of Algerian migrants, told The Times:
They hang around outside my terrace, smoking joints and fighting among themselves. Not only do we no longer get theatregoers because the theatre is shut but we don’t get passers-by either. They’re being frightened away by all these young men.
How young? Well, the migrants all claim to be under the age of 18, meaning they are considered unaccompanied minors and under French law have the right to be housed and assisted by local authorities.
“We are here to claim our right to housing, health, and education,” Précieux, a Congolese migrant who claims to be 16, told the French news agency AFP.
But local officials insist the migrants are adults who already were known to the authorities and had been sleeping on the streets prior to taking advantage of the theatre’s invitation to entrez vous. “This is an illegal occupation of a building by recognized migrants,” authorities said in December.
This illegal occupation was organized by Collectif des Jeunes du Parc de Belleville, or the Youth Collective of Belleville Park (named after the Paris park they previously occupied). The Collectif bristles at the age test, calling it “racist.”
The Daily Mail notes that the group describes the theatre occupation as a focal point for its “antiracist and anticolonial struggle.” (Wait – I thought it was about “housing, health, and education”?) The collective puts on daily demonstrations on the steps of the theatre which begin with the banging of drums and the blaring of slogans through megaphones as they block entry to the theatre.
Could there be a more perfect metaphor for the mass migration that Western European countries from the UK to Scandinavia to Germany have facilitated from Africa and the Middle East, a tsunami of ungovernable hordes of mostly military-age Muslim males that has overwhelmed tiny villages as well as major urban centers?
In the Gaîté Lyrique theatre as in France at large, self-righteous, virtue-signaling, Left-wing activists who despise their own countries and civilization, and who reject having children of their own out of a self-loathing passion to save the planet, welcomed a steady stream of migrants from cultures that are actively hostile to the host culture, and who are now occupying the continent and demanding their “right” to sponge off the prosperity and freedoms of the West, even as they refuse to assimilate.
France’s recently installed interior minister Bruno Retailleau has vowed to crack down on illegal migration: “The French people want more order in the streets, order at the borders,” he said in September. But this vow is too little, too late unless his own government, and other Western authorities, kick out the globalist elites who got their citizens into this situation in the first place. They must somehow muster the political and cultural will to do whatever it takes to reclaim their civilization from a migrant invasion that threatens to replace Western values, liberties, and institutions with sharia law and other barbarisms.
A good, small first step would be the swift, unapologetic eviction of the “anti-colonialist” squatters from the Gaîté Lyrique theatre, and then from the country of France itself. That would send a powerful message of strength and hope to French citizens and the people of other Western countries who are struggling with this subversive crisis.
Three Norwegian men, two of whom identify as transgender, have been charged in relation to the ongoing sexual assault and rape of a girl while she was between the ages of 13 and 14.
Criminal charges against the men include sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 14, and an instance of gang rape in which “the act [was] committed by several people together… in a particularly painful or particularly offensive manner.” Hordaland court records reviewed by Reduxx state that the victim was an at-risk youth due to “life challenges,” and that the three men “exploited her vulnerable situation.”
Of the three charged – two are men who identify as transgender. Damien “Damia Rose” Baar, 43, and Even “Eevee” Seberg, 35, are accused of “repeated sexual intercourse” with the young girl, in addition to a scenario that involved both men sexually abusing the victim together at the 2024 Pride Festival in Bergen after plying her with alcohol.
The sexual abuse of the child first came to the attention of authorities after a third man, Kenneth Langvatn Aakre, 44, was spotted kissing the victim on the mouth and grabbing her genital area while on public transport as they were leaving the Pride festival on the night of June 3.
Kenneth Langvatn Aakre
While Aakre is also facing charges of sexual activity with a child under the age of 16, he has not been accused of participating in the rape or gang rape of the girl. Baar and Seberg are also accused of producing images of child sexual abuse involving the victim.
With the assistance of a concerned citizen, Reduxx was able to locate social media profiles belonging to the three men and verified that two of the accused are claiming to be transgender women.
Seberg describes himself on X as “trans fem,” and “pansexual,” and frequently interacts with transgender and hentai pornography accounts. In one disturbing post dated October 2024, Seberg said he “prefer[s] to get raped by girldick.” On Facebook he refers to himself as “a bit odd, but kind.”
Baar and Seberg are mutual contacts on the world’s leading fetish network FetLife, where Seberg describes himself as a “trans woman” with a “perverted stream of consciousness.”
Among the fetishes listed on Seberg’s profile are bondage, BDSM, and abduction play. He participates in multiple crossdresser and trans-related groups on the fetish site, as well as one group dedicated to “gang bangs.”
“Eevee appears deceptively norm-core, but within harbours a mind corrupted by 2000’s internet content, hentai, games, comics, and their own creative ability to turn anything NSFW / NSFL [not safe for work, not safe for life],” reads Seberg’s profile.
“This creature is shy and hesitant at first, but that changes rapidly when Eevee grows more familiar and feels more at ease, accepted and wanted. Then the true force of personality will emerge… When I get hormones, I’m gonna go full-on kinky bitch mode.” Seberg named himself after a popular character from the Japanese Pokemon franchise, and describes his genitals as a “grower sub-type.”
In a journal entry posted to FetLife in October last year, just four months after he and Baar allegedly raped the young girl, Seberg wrote, “Have you ever seen a girl ad thought not just that she is pretty, but that you wish you could be her? Well, most of us that have that experience are trans girls, but not everyone arrives at the realization at the same time.”
“I’m Eevee, a chubby, 35 year-old trans girl who came out as trans the 3rd of June, 2023. I had two suicide attempts, I was depressed, and had complex PTSD, but coming out as my real self was the best thing I could ever do.”
Baar is similarly active in BDSM-themed groups on FetLife, and claims that he “came out as trans” in February 2021.
“I guess I’m more Finic than Lesbian,” reads Baar’s profile. “Finic is a term for people on the multisexual spectrum who have a preference towards people who are feminine in nature (FIN). This can refer to people who are attracted to feminine or woman-aligned genders, such as people who are fingender or fiaspec. It can refer to people who are attracted to a feminine gender presentation (regardless of the person’s actual gender).”
Baar describes himself as a voyeur, exhibitionist, sadist, and “brat tamer,” and lists “group sex” as one of his fetishes. Other fetishes listed by Baar include “pain,” “screaming,” and “tearing off clothing.” On Instagram, Baar has shared photos of himself edited with FaceApp to resemble a young girl.
In 2013, Baar was one of the last people to have spoken with a woman who went missing after a night of drinking at a nightclub. Eeva Maria Sieppi disappeared on May 17 that year. Baar told Bergensavisen that he had invited Sieppi to sleep at his apartment after she was kicked out of the venue for drunkenness.
“She didn’t want that, and asked me to leave. She never liked it when I said she had drunk too much,” Baar told the local news. He said that the next day he sent her a text message, and she didn’t reply.
“I sent her a message during the day on 17 May to which she did not respond. I didn’t really react to that. It was the kind of message I didn’t expect a response to.”
Left: Eeva Maria Sieppi, a friend of Baar’s who was found dead in 2013. Right: A filtered image of Baar posted to his Instagram account in 2022.
Sieppi’s body was discovered on May 30 a short walk away from the club in a lake at the center of Bergen, Lille Lungegårdsvannet. The cause of her death remains unknown, but her sister, Ulla Maija, has asked the police to reopen the case and conduct a murder investigation.
The trial is expected to commence in May at the Hordaland District Court.
This is the second court case in Norway within the past three months centered on charges of child sexual abuse against men who claim to be transgender.
In November, a Norwegian man who was found in possession of 10,800 videos that sexualized children or depicted the sexual abuse of children was spared a prison sentence on the basis “having personal difficulties.”
The man, who identifies as transgender, was reported in national press as being a “woman”. His identity was withheld, despite the fact that he had expressed a desire to have a child of his own to abuse, and encouraged others to have sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age.
Marshall (left) and Mumford in 2010. Wikimedia Commons,Rob D, CC-BY-2.0
Winston Marshall, the former banjoist for the band Mumford and Sons, has called out his native Great Britain for creating a two-tier justice system that holds conservatives, populists, and other anti-establishment thinkers to a different standard than the rest of the population — one of the many unfortunate consequences of the country’s far-left swerve in recent years.
In a recent interview with PragerU, Winston Marshall held forth on a number of issues, including his run-in with left-wing cancel culture that ultimately resulted in his departure from Mumford and Sons. He also spoke about the rise of antisemitism in Europe.
During the conversation, Marshall addressed the many cases of British citizens facing prison sentences over social media posts that the government has deemed racist, while crimes committed by migrants and other favored groups receive relatively light sentences, or none at all.
“It’s so astonishing that I need to get these details right because you wouldn’t believe them,” he said, later adding: “This is the sense of ‘two tier’– one group are getting treated well and getting off the hook.
“He said the two tiers have been divided between “those who are culturally British against those who are not culturally British” — which he said doesn’t mean skin color or ethnicity, but rather a mindset and willingness to assimilate and embrace western values.
Unfortunately, those who fall in the culturally British category — especially white Christian males — are being subjected to unfair treatment under the law, he argued.
Marshall also discussed his departure from Mumford and Sons more than three years ago as a result of the leftist cancel culture mob that targeted him after he endorsed a book by journalist Andy Ngo exposing the inner workings of the violent left-wing group Antifa.
The attacks became so vicious that Marshall decided to leave the band to spare his bandmates the barrage of hostile publicity.
But Marshall said the unfortunate incident ultimately proved to be for the good.
“Since then, having made that sacrifice, I decided I’m going to speak out I’m going to say what I think and my life’s all the better for it,” he told PragerU. “It took a long time. It took years to rebuild — this is three and a half years ago — and the Lord rebuilt the temple and it’s amazing.”
He added: “It takes time. I worked extremely hard… I feel very blessed, I’ve got a wonderful girlfriend who I wouldn’t have met if not for all of this and the Lord works in mysterious ways.”
Marshall addressed the surge in anti-semitism in England following the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel.
“England is not the same for October 7th,” he said “It’s made apparent how divided we are as a nation in the year since. There’s been over 20 protests through London, deeply anti-semitic protests I know because I’ve witnessed them. I’ve seen it for my own eyes — deeply anti-Israel.”
“They will claim now it’s ‘pro-Palestine’ and there are definitely ‘pro-Palestine’ members amongst them, but it is deeply anti-Israel anti-Zionist.”
Marshall discussed the rise of populism in the west in opposition to globalist elites, as embodied by World Economic Forum’s Klaus Schwab. He said the left’s effort to turn “populism” into a dirty word has failed.
“Just on language, populism for me is is a positive word. ‘Patriotism’ is definitely a positive word,” he said.
Officials who are involved in the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will be removed from service with the federal police, according to an internal memo leaked to the German newspaper Junge Freiheit.
The memo refers to a decree issued by Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, of the Social Democrats (SPD). Faeser has warned federal police officers against sympathizing with the AfD and also stated that they should not join the party as members.
“They should expect to be fired,” said Faeser.
The federal police have 54,000 employees, of whom 45,000 are police officers. It is unclear how many officers are currently members of the party, however, many police are members of other parties, which means the decree and threats from Faeser are not about maintaining political neutrality.
For example, the president of the federal police, Dieter Romann, is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). A screenshot taken from the police intranet was shared exclusively with Junge Freiheit, which reads: “If membership in such a party becomes known, there are sufficient actual indications that justify the suspicion of a disciplinary offense, at least if the officer is actively involved in such a party.”
Finally, there is an open threat of termination for officers found to be members of the party. “If disciplinary proceedings are initiated in these cases, officers must expect disciplinary consequences up to and including dismissal,” the intranet site reads.
To underline the threat, the words “disciplinary consequences up to and including dismissal” are marked in bold in the text.
The police source who spoke to Junge Freiheit, and wishes to remain anonymous, told the paper: “For me, this represents a significant restriction on the free formation of my own will as a police officer. In my opinion, making involvement with a party that represents more than a fifth of the population a criminal offense is an unacceptable curtailment of the basic rights of civil servants — even taking into account the obligation of neutrality. Any activity for the AfD is prohibited.”
The internal memo is entitled: “Candidacy for a confirmed right-wing extremist party? Not a good idea as a federal civil servant!” It is clear, therefore, that this does not only apply to the police but a range of civil service professions.
Dismissal from the civil service is not only sought in the case of candidacy but also for “other behavior that requires a targeted adoption of the political content of such a party.” This is “to be regarded as activism in this sense.”
The memo reads that the constitutional state “cannot tolerate” this because “the free democratic basic order is rather endangered if the constitutional state remains inactive and allows officials who are entrusted with state tasks and who are obliged to stand up for the free democratic basic order to question the constitutional order in its absolute core.”
In this internal warning, the German Federal Police explicitly refers to a decree of the Federal Ministry of the Interior dated Aug. 29, 2024. This provides for the “mandatory initiation of disciplinary proceedings” if one runs for the AfD, which is classified as “certainly right-wing extremist” in the German states of Saxony and Thuringia.
Furthermore, the provision applies not only to membership in the AfD but also to membership in “right-wing extremist groups such as the ‘Free Saxons’ or the AfD’s youth organization, ‘Young Alternative.’
“In order to enable the new disciplinary measures against politically undesirable officials, according to the memo, Police Service Regulation 100 (“Leadership and deployment of the police”) was amended. The Federal Police informs its officers that section 1.5 “Leadership and Cooperation” has been revised.
The AfD is expected to become the second largest party in the Bundestag after the federal elections on Feb. 23 with polls currently placing them on 22 percent — its highest level of support for over a year.
The accused allegedly shouted the reported sentence on the Place Nationale in Montauban. Miroir d’eau – Google Maps
El Mofaddal was on trial in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) on Tuesday January 14 , 2025 for ‘direct public provocation to commit a crime’. On October 14 , 2023, on the Place Nationale, he is alleged to have uttered the phrase ‘Allah Akbar: the Jews must be killed’. He was acquitted on procedural grounds. The words are unequivocal. ‘Allah Akbar, the Jews must be killed’. El Mofaddal, 46, is said to have uttered this phrase drunk on October 14, 2023, in the early evening in the Place Nationale in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne). Exactly one week after the atrocities committed by Hamas on Israeli territory and the start of the war between the Hebrew State and the terrorist organisation.
