In an interview, the 59-year-old explains why he thinks a ban on the AfD makes sense. And what his character Horst Schlämmer has in common with Sahra Wagenknecht.
The comedian and author Hape Kerkeling would support a ban on the AfD party. The 59-year-old told the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit” (current edition). “Our Basic Law is pretty clear in Article 1 when it says that human dignity is inviolable. That applies always and everywhere. Anyone who doesn’t adhere to it is an enemy of our constitution. It’s that simple and that complicated,” he explained .
“It’s pretty clear to me that the AfD is violating this principle and, above all, is driven by the principle that not all people are the same, but that we should make differences. They don’t really reflect that in their politics outside. But in the ideology of this party, this principle of equality is very much called into question. Anyone who questions this has no place in the Bundestag. That is against our constitution.”
In the interview, Kerkeling also spoke about the way in which he believes social media is changing public discourse. He compared his satirical political figure Horst Schlämmer, who represented the political credo “Just muddle through”, with the long-time left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht, who left the party to found a competing project. She shares Schlämmer’s agenda of simply offering a little bit of everything (“left-wing, liberal, conservative, everything that works”). “The fact that Sahra Wagenknecht imitates the original is quite a feat.”
Source: Stern
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