Germany’s far-right the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party wants to set up online portals across the country where schoolchildren can denounce teachers who speak against the party.
The far-right AfD’s Hamburg chapter last month launched an online portal called Neutral Schools, where pupils can lodge anonymous complaints about school staff seen to be breaching political neutrality and criticizing the party.
According to local media reports, the AfD also wants to roll out the platform in nine other states, including Bavaria, Brandenburg, Baden-Württemberg and Saxony.
Teachers groups and politicians from other parties have spoken out against the idea.
“They are organizing open denunciation — these are all building blocks toward totalitarianism,” said Winfried Kretschmann, state premier of Baden-Württemberg, on October 9.
Source: DW
