AUGSPURK/ In Augspurk, Germany, Bernd Posselt issued a statement before the Sudeten German Congress began today Landsmanschaftu. Posselt, as the alleged supreme representative of the Sudeten Germans, declared that society was polarising and in Slovakia this had consequences in the form of the assassination of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Posselt also wished him a speedy recovery.
"It is important to overcome polarisation and hatred. Hate and polarisation destroy democracy," Posselt said. He said the assassination of Robert Fico was a reprehensible act. "I do not agree with Fico's policy, but I want to say explicitly on behalf of the Sudeten Germans that we deeply condemn the assassination. I wish Fico to recover as soon as possible," he said.
The Germans, who were themselves the biggest nationalists, caused World War II because of nationalism, resulting in the expulsion of the German minority from the borderlands, Posselt said, adding that he feared nationalism could return. He stressed that most Germans and Czechs are said to be pro-European.
"But it is absurd that one of the leading representatives of anti-European nationalists in Germany and Bavaria is someone who comes from the former Czechoslovakia and who is Czech," Posselt said of Alternative for Germany (AfD) MEP and the party's number two candidate, Petr Bystron. He also took the liberty of criticising former President Václav Klaus. "And that someone as anti-German as (Václav) Klaus is a friend of German nationalists. Klaus has supported the AfD in its campaign more than once," Posselt noted..
"Theoretically, Czech and German nationalists should stand against each other, but in reality they are together and together they are fighting against the most precious thing our older generations, including Václav Havel, achieved, namely European unification," Posselt said. "I believe that we as Czechs and Sudeten Germans must fight together against those who want to divide and destroy Europe. And these are the nationalists," he added in concern.
The AfD is described by German civilian counter-intelligence as a far-right extremist party, despite the fact that it is a duly registered political entity in Germany, which the AfD clearly rejects.
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