The CDU and the “occupied Germany” party distances itself from the demo call
Tim Schnitger (CDU) is concerned about the nation’s “right to self-determination”.
Source: private
A CDU member from Thuringia claims in a mobilization video for a demonstration on German Unity Day that Germany is “occupied by an empire”. His party is now trying to limit the damage.
Es flashes and thunders as he summons the nation: Tim Schnitger, 25, has himself filmed from below, in black and white. He presents himself as a serious man. Who has a mission. Sounds of thunderstorms and rain were cut under the elaborately produced Internet video.
The title of the videos: “We are one nation. Call for a demonstration in Eisenach”. In it, the young man says: Germany is “occupied by an empire”, meaning the USA. He wants nothing less than to start a “new chapter in our history” on German Unity Day.
And anyway, German history. “We are a nation that reduces itself to two absolutely dark chapters of our history and forgets all other achievements and successes,” he attests. And: “We are a nation that sees German culture and healthy national pride as reprehensible.”
In just under five minutes, Schnitger addresses so many topics that you don’t even know what he’s actually talking about. Probably about “hard-working patriots”, “birth rates” and a “right to self-determination”. And then: the nation.
There are many gatherings in Germany where similar theses are put forward, whether by the AfD, by “Reichsbürger” or by so-called “lateral thinkers”. In this respect, the demonstration announced by Schnitger would not be worth mentioning. If he weren’t a member of the CDU – and could become a real problem for the people’s party, which is trying to differentiate itself from the right.
Has no place in our party, says the CDU
According to WELT information, Schnitger joined the CDU two years ago, was a member of the Paderborn district association and was transferred from there to the local association in Eisenach. There they are not happy about Schnitger’s call for demonstrations. “We completely reject the content of this video,” said the deputy chairman of the Thuringian CDU, Raymond Walk, at the request of WELT. The statements are in clear contradiction to the values of the CDU. “People who represent extremist and inhuman positions have no place in our party,” says Walk.
Schnitger has been publishing videos for a few months in which he railed against the policies of the federal government – and no less against his own party. The motto of his channel: “German is spoken here.” There he sometimes insults Anton Hofreiter as “Antonia”, sometimes Angela Merkel (CDU) as “mother of all problems” or the EU Commission President, also CDU, as “our corrupt Ursel”. . Schnitger also says that he can no longer hear “all the war propaganda against Russia” and calls for the sanctions to be abolished.
Speaking to this newspaper, Schnitger says that he already expressed his positions within the CDU at the beginning of his membership. But initially he received no support. About six weeks ago he therefore started to become active by producing videos on his own. He received no help from the CDU or other groups.
After the videos were published, he received encouragement from CDU members – unlike at the beginning. “The base of the party represents the same opinions as I do and thinks it’s good that someone is finally speaking out,” claims Schnitger. He does not give any evidence for this.
Internal call announced
Schnitger’s mobilization video for the October 3 demonstration in Eisenach has already been viewed almost 15,000 times on his YouTube channel. Copies and references to them can also be found in right-wing extremist channels of the messenger service Telegram. Eisenach is considered a stronghold of right-wing extremists, supporters of conspiracy theories and extremists, whom the Office for the Protection of the Constitution attributes to the scene of the so-called “state delegitimizers”.
The CDU announced that there would be a conversation with Schnitger at the beginning of next week. The question of whether the CDU wanted to exclude the unloved member was left unanswered by the party. The legal hurdles for a party exclusion are very high, it said.
Schnitger himself said he wanted to remain in the CDU. “They can do and say what they want,” said Schnitger. At the demonstration in Eisenach he expects 500 to 1000 participants. He has nothing to take back from the content of his video. “If we don’t do anything, we’re going under,” Schnitger said.
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