German politicians are debating whether a ban on a far-right party will help curb a recent tide of extremist violence. A minister of the state of Bavaria proposed the ban, which soon drew the support of the nation’s police union, saying the National Democratic Party promotes neo-Nazism and threatens German democracy.
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