The new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has again slammed the Trump administration for “interference” in German democracy on the same day 6 right-wing German activists were arrested for wrong-think and prevented from traveling to a conference in Milano, Italy.
Speaking to leftist newspaper “Die Zeit“, Merz criticized Vice-President JD Vance’s courageous pro-freedom speech at the Munich Security Conference and recent posts from Vance and SecState Marco Rubio accusing Germany of “tyranny in disguise” for using the sceret political police against the largest opposition party, the AfD.
“Of course, we are not heading toward “tyranny,” as we hear from the USA”, Merz said. “Such statements must be firmly rejected. Germany was liberated from tyranny by the USA, and today Germany is stable, liberal, and democratic. We don’t need any lessons in democracy (from the USA). That’s why JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference was perceived by many, including myself, as interference.”
I asked @DNIGabbard to ensure that no American intelligence agencies cooperate with German authorities involved in surveiling domestic political opponents.
These police state tactics are more suited for Russia or Communist China, not Western Europe’s largest country.…
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) May 7, 2025
On May 9, the parting Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (Social Democrats) had used a trumped-up “dossier” containing no evidence of illegal activity to slander the lagrest opposition party in Germany, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as “confirmed far-right”, leading the push to ban the party, fire its members from governent jobs and deny it basic parliamentary rights.
10 million Germans voted for the AfD in February. Under pressure from an AfD lawsuit and US Senate Intelligence Committee chair Sen. Tom Cotton, the German secret police had to retract the label and remove the press release from its website.
On the same day Merz claimed not to need “any lessons in democracy” from the Trump administration, 6 right-wing activists belonging to the Generation Identity movement were apprehended by German police at Munich airport and taken into custody to prevent them from traveling to a “Remigration Summit” in Milano, Italy taking place on Saturday. Two of the activists were even taken off a plane they had already boarded, indicating the orders came urgently at the request of the “Conservative” Christian Democrat government in the State of Bavaria.
Austrian GI co-chair Martin Sellner explained what happened:
Germany is locking its Citizens in – again. pic.twitter.com/wgi2J9fipv
— Martin Sellner (@Martin_Sellner) May 15, 2025
The German police explained that the attendence of the patriotic activists at the “Remigration Summit” would potentially “damage the reputation of the Germany state” and banned them from leaving the country – just like during the Iron Curtain.
A couple of young Germans who wanted to attend the Remigration Summit @resum25 in Milan where I’ll be speaking tomorrow have been BANNED from leaving Germany and are being threatened with criminal prosecution. For wanting to ATTEND a conference.
Germany is a tyrannical state. https://t.co/lQmquWrKtj
— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) May 16, 2025
The GI activists have since been released, under the stipulation they do not travel to Austria, Switzerland or Italy until Sunday. They have assured the Gateway Pundit they are alright.
Generation Identity is a patriotic right-wing youth movement founded in France 2012 to oppose mass migration and the loss of European cultural identity. It has been ruthessly pursured by European authorities, the French leaders imprisoned and the Greek Lamba symbol even banned as “terrorist” in Austria (which is used in the movie “300” and the video game “Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey”, for example). GI leader Martin Sellner has been banned from holding book readings in Switzerland and Germany.
The German authorities didn’t seem aware that arresting and restraining young people from traveling based on their politics could also “damage the reputation of the German state” – no matter what you think of “Generation Identity” and the “Remigration Summit”.
It sounds like you do “need some lessons in democracy”, Mr. Merz.
Events are coming to a head and @a_ballarati speaks up: We will not be intimidated and thank our opponents for spreading our ideas. Even if they cancel rooms and prevent EU citizens from traveling: the Resum25 will take place!#remigration pic.twitter.com/T7XftKlhue
— Remigration Summit 25 (@resum25) May 15, 2025
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