Pegida launches political party amid impending ban over extremism

‘Lutz Bachmann, founder of the anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic Pegida movement, has announced the establishment of a new political party. The long-expected move allegedly comes in response to German authorities mulling a ban on Pegida.
The new group would be called the Popular Party for Freedom and Direct Democracy (FDDV), with Bachmann first saying he wanted to develop a “parliamentary arm” over a year ago.
The leader of the far-right party stressed that his new brainchild would not pit against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.’
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