AfD – rroma.org https://rroma.org Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:01:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png AfD – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 ERIAC head on AfD https://rroma.org/eriac-head-on-afd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eriac-head-on-afd Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:01:44 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=35455 Anna Mirga, who heads ERIAC, comments on the recent victory of the AfD in Sachsen Anhalt and on some of the comments somf prominent AfD politicians have made regarding Roma. One AfD MP ordered people she identified as Roma to sweep the streets. Tino Chrupalla, the AfD deputy leader and Bundestag MP suggested that a cache of weapons found in a forest near Berlin had likely been lost by Roma people who had “gone mushroom picking.” he oldest stereotype—that Roma are criminals and backward people—served as a cheap political ploy. The crowd laughed.

]]> Germany and AfD https://rroma.org/germany-and-afd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=germany-and-afd Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:49:14 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=34616 What do you expect from AfD: Simply, racist statements.

The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma has filed a criminal complaint against Tino Chrupalla, the leader of the AfD party, accusing him of incitement and insult during a campaign event in Grimmen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Chrupalla allegedly suggested that weapons found in a forest near Berlin were likely lost by ‘Gypsies’ while mushroom picking, which was met with applause and laughter from the audience.

The council expressed shock that, 81 years after Auschwitz, a far-right party is using cynical rhetoric against Sinti and Roma, which they claim promotes fear and hatred towards minorities.

Chrupalla defended his comments, stating he did not intend to offend the Sinti and Roma communities, despite receiving applause for his remarks linking them to a recent weapons find in Berlin.

]]> Reaction against AfD https://rroma.org/reaction-against-afd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reaction-against-afd Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:49:55 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=33013 The German AfD party publicly humiliated Roma individuals in Gelsenkirchen by forcing them to clean the streets, which sparked a response from the art exhibition “Radikale Hoffnung” that addresses resistance against racism.

The exhibition features works by Roma artists, including Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, who highlights the struggles of Roma women against discrimination, and Selma Selman, who critiques societal exclusion through performance art. The exhibition emphasizes the importance of collective action and social justice, linking historical labor struggles to contemporary issues of marginalization and identity loss.

]]> Hamburg: Graves Desecrated https://rroma.org/hamburg-graves-desecrated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hamburg-graves-desecrated Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:48:16 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27017 Unknown perpetrators have desecrated graves of Sinti and Roma in a cemetery in the Altona district of Hamburg. Graves were damaged and materials such as copper were stolen. According to the Sinti Association of Hamburg, a gravestone was even sawn into pieces. In a joint statement, all parties in Altona City Hall, except for the AfD, (surprise?) condemned the acts. The public prosecutor’s office is investigating.

]]> Alice Weidel https://rroma.org/alice-weidel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alice-weidel Fri, 31 Jan 2025 09:40:48 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26926 At first glance, there is nothing to suggest that Alice Weidel, the official AfD candidate once wrote an email in which she said, among other things: “These pigs [the German government under Angela Merkel] are nothing more than puppets of the victorious powers of World War II and their job is to keep the German people down (…).” Or that she described Sinti, Roma and Arabs as “culturally alien peoples” who “are inundating us”.

Well, we knew where we stand.

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