— The Local reports: “Neo-Nazi party given green light to target school children”
— “The neo-Nazi National Democratic Party will be allowed to distribute CDs outside schools with interviews and music by party members because authorities have no legal grounds to stop them, a report said Saturday.”
— “The Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons said the disc merely contained political opinions, daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported.”
— “The department therefore found no basis on which to ban the disc, the report quoted director Elke Monsen-Engberding as saying.”
— “The NPD is Germany’s leading far-right party. It promotes an anti-immigrant agenda and is considered by the country’s domestic intelligence agency to be a threat to the constitution.”
— “On its website, the NPD welcomed the decision.”
— “The party could “continue to try to transmit its ideas to young people, school children and first-time voters”, NPD member Claus Cremer said.”
— “NPD legal affairs minister Frank Schwerdt, who has served two prison sentences for inciting racial hatred and distributing Nazi propaganda, also appeared on the website celebrating the decision.”
— “According to the NPD, the original demand to ban distribution of the CD came from the north-east state of Lower Saxony.”
— “In November last year, German authorities banned the sale of home-grown hard rock group Rammstein’s new album to fans under 18, for what it deemed explicit sadomasochist lyrics.”