Meeting in Potsdam
Correctiv presents research on right-wing extremist meetings
At a staged reading on the Berliner Ensemble stage, Correctiv presents details of a meeting of AfD politicians, right-wing extremists and entrepreneurs. photo
© Carsten Koall/dpa
The media company’s report had already triggered strong political reactions last week. In a staged reading, Correctiv now presents some new details and allegations.
A week after the revelations about a meeting between right-wing activists and politicians from the AfD and the CDU in In Potsdam, the media company Correctiv presented its research in the Berliner Ensemble.
During a staged reading on Wednesday evening, the editorial team also published some new details and allegations against a participant in the meeting. This is about actions against left-wing activists. The German Press Agency contacted the person and asked for a statement.
Audience: “Together against fascism”
The remaining information now presented to the public has been known since last week. Correctiv reported on a meeting organized by right-wing activists in a Potsdam villa on November 25th. The former head of the right-wing extremist Identitarian movement in Austria, Martin Sellner, said he spoke about “remigration” there.
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. AfD officials as well as individual members of the CDU and the ultra-conservative Values Union took part in the meeting.
The audience in the sold-out Berliner Ensemble applauded for minutes after the reading, in which actors with assigned roles presented the research results. There were also chants from the audience: “All together against fascism.”
Protests in Germany
The Correctiv report triggered strong political reactions. In recent days, thousands have protested against right-wing extremism in various German cities. On Wednesday evening there were 3,500 in Berlin.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressly thanked the demonstrators for taking to the streets “against racism, hate speech and for our free democracy.” “This is encouraging and shows: There are many of us democrats – much more than those who want to divide,” wrote the SPD politician on X, formerly Twitter.