Extremism: Authorities examine entry ban for Austrian Sellner

The German security authorities are considering an entry ban for the former head of the right-wing extremist Identitarian movement in Austria, Martin Sellner.

It is true that she raised the question in the Bundestag Interior Committee as to whether the government intended to take measures to prevent entry against Sellner, said the Left Party’s spokeswoman for anti-fascism, Martina Renner, to the dpa. “The representatives of the BMI (Federal Ministry of the Interior) present explained that this would be taken into account and examined.” t-online had previously reported.

CDU committee member Philipp Amthor supports such an examination. “In our robust democracy, we should generally not tolerate any agitation against our constitutional order – especially not from foreign extremists like Martin Sellner,” he told the dpa. “In this respect, I believe it is right and necessary for the security authorities to seriously examine an entry ban against Martin Sellner.” However, special legal care is required so that he does not appear to be a victim. The assessment of whether the necessary hurdles for an entry ban have been reached is not the responsibility of the political discussion in parliament, but rather of a factual discussion within the security authorities.

The media company Correctiv made public a meeting of radical right-wingers on November 25th in Potsdam, in which some AfD politicians as well as individual members of the CDU and the very conservative Values ​​Union took part. Sellner said he spoke about “remigration” at the meeting. When right-wing extremists use the term, they usually mean that large numbers of people of foreign origin should leave the country – even under duress.