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« Chemnitz » takes part in the European Local Democracy Week - a paneuropean event coordinated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - as « Partner city »

Is that already extremism?

TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20, 09111 Chemnitz, Room 4.07
From 27/11/2023 to 27/11/2023
The topic of extremism regularly causes heated controversy: What does extremist actually mean? Can right-wing and left-wing extremism be compared? And: Is the AfD an extreme right-wing party? The answers to these questions concern us all. After all, how we perceive extremist aspirations and deal with them shapes our society. In this context, the distinction between democracy and extremism represents the essential basis for dealing with anti-democratic phenomena both politically and socially.