Right -wing extremist Sellner provokes in Chemnitz - citizens take to the streets!

Right -wing extremist Sellner provokes in Chemnitz - citizens take to the streets!

Chemnitz, Deutschland - On July 4, 2025, the Austrian right -wing extremist Martin Sellner visited the city of Chemnitz, where he was invited by the Pro Chemnitz/Freie Saxony city council group. Sellner, formerly head of the identity movement, spoke from a window of the town hall after his planned speech was thwarted by court resolutions as part of a faction meeting on the subject of "remigration". The city of Chemnitz had previously withdrawn an already promised space booking after Sellner's participation became known, which met with violent protests in the city.

The authorities had to allow Sellner as a private individual to access to the town hall, but the planned public session with him was prohibited from two courts. The Chemnitz Administrative Court and the Saxon Higher Administrative Court argued that the topic of "remigration" did not fall within the area of ​​responsibility of the city council and that extremist and racist content can be expected at Sellner's appearance. The decision of the Higher Administrative Court is inconceivable, which further tightens the legal Situation.

criticism and protests in Chemnitz

The appearance of Sellner followed protests in Chemnitz. The "Chemnitz connects" campaign alliance organized a counter -protest with around 500 participants who formed a human chain around the town hall. The Free Saxons, which attracted about 60 people, gathered in front of the town hall. These developments have a highlight of the polarized social conditions in the city, which have been severely tightened since the violent riots in 2018, when the fatal knife attack on the German-Cuban Daniel H. Neonazi demonstrations and a silence of the AfD.

Since then, Chemnitz has developed into a center of right -wing extremists. The “Revolution Chemnitz” group, for example, is known for its violent attacks and terrorist plans. Observers such as the scientist Prof. Matthias Quent describe the city as an incubator for right -wing terrorist mobilizations, with prominent members of the right -wing extremist party AfD from this environment.

social tensions and violence

In recent years, the protests in Chemnitz and other Saxon cities have become increasingly common, with the “free Saxons” actively positioning asylum seekers and in the context of international conflicts such as the Ukraine War. Prof. Beate Küpper has analyzed these protests as spatial sequence strategies and means of social dominance. The result is increasing radicalization within the population, which is also evident in personal violence against refugees. According to the Federal Government, there were 74 legal motivated crimes against asylum accommodations and 600 against refugees in the first half of 2023.

Overall, the appearance of Sellner in Chemnitz on July 4, 2025 shows how deep the trenches are within society and how the right -wing extremist ideology gains influence both within political circles and in broader sections of the population. This development is not just a challenge for the city of Chemnitz, but for society as a whole.

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