German parliament approves joint motion to ban Turkish ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves
The German government is considering a ban on the right-wing extremist organization Grey Wolves. A joint motion by CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP and the Greens was approved by the parliamentary majority in the German Parliament on Wednesday, the local sources reported. A possible ban will now be examined by the Federal Ministry of the Interior as the responsible authority.
The reason given for the examination request was that the ultra-nationalistic ideology of the "idealists is inhuman and a threat to the free democratic basic order in Germany and the "Grey Wolves" are racist, fascist and anti-Semitic.
The sources remind that two weeks ago France dissolved the Grey Wolves in country. The government of Emmanuel Macron said that the movement fueled discrimination and hatred and were involved in violent actions and public provocations, most recently after a memorial to the Armenian Genocide was defaced with graffiti including the name of the group.Furthermore, at the end of October, several hundred Turks organized a hunt for Armenians in Décines-Charpieu in eastern Lyon and further south in Vienne.