SPEECH - Bundestag Discusses Far-Right Meeting In Potsdam

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 18: (SPEECH) Parliamentarians of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) laugh as German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser speaks during a debate at the Bundestag over how to defend democracy on January 18, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. The session was called for by the coalition government members in reaction to the revelation of a secret meeting late last year between politicians and far-right extremists. According to Correctiv, the investigative group that has exposed the gathering, politicians from the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, the German Christian Democrats (CDU)-linked Werteunion, far-right extremists and financial supporters of far-right causes met at a villa in Potsdam last November. Participants at the meeting reportedly discussed how to possibly introduce legislative measures to enable the mass expulsion of immigrants from Germany, as well as German citizens with immigrant roots and German citizens who have helped refugees. News of the meeting has prompted renewed calls for banning the AfD. (Footage by Christian Ender/Getty Images)