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Germany updates: Almost 50% of Germans back AfD ban — poll

Forty-percent of respondents to an INSA survey were in favor of banning the far-right party. Meanwhile, Germany’s incoming interior minister has vowed tighter border controls.

German Air Force receives Israeli air defense system
The chief of the German Air Force was in Israel this weekend to officially procure components for the Israeli-manufactured Arrow 3 air defense system.

Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz visited Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in Tel Aviv to receive the central communication element of the weapons system, said a spokesman for the Luftwaffe, the German air force.

“Arrow 3” can shoot down enemy missiles at an altitude of over 100 kilometers (62 miles) – in other words, beyond the Earth’s atmosphere – a capability which Germany wants to add to its arsenal as it looks to boost its air defenses in light of a changing security landscape in Europe.

“With Arrow 3, Germany is procuring an Israeli weapons system on my initiative that will help to protect Germany against threats from the air,” Gerhartz told the German DPA news agency.

With Russia having significantly ramped up its military industrial complex to support its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, fears are growing in Europe that Moscow may be preparing to attack a NATO member in the near future.

In response, Germany has also launched the so-called “European Sky Shield Initiative,” a European air defense system which can act independently of the United States.

After seven years in command, Lieutenant General Gerhartz is set to hand over responsibility for Germany’s air force in the coming weeks before taking the the helm at NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command in Brunssum in the Netherlands.

AfD extremist label: Almost half of Germans in favor of ban
Almost half of Germans favor banning the Alternative for Germany (AfD) after the far-right party was officially categorized as a right-wing extremist organization by the domestic intelligence service.

According to a representative survey conducted by the polling institute INSA for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper this weekend, 61% of Germans agreed with the categorization of the AfD by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) as “confirmed right-wing extremist endeavor,” with 48% supporting a ban.

Thirty-seven percent said they would oppose a ban; 15% said they didn’t know.

As for the effects of any potential AfD ban, 35% of respondents said they thought such a measure would bolster democracy, while 39% thought it would damage democracy. Some 16% didn’t think there would be any effect, while 10% didn’t know.

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