German authorities meet to ban the far-right NPD party # npd14c # 05.12.2012 15 Uhr # Journal # englisch
December 5, 2012
BEN: Over the past year.. Germany's been shaken by revelations of a wave of immigrant murders by a neo-Nazi cell, that went undetected for more than a decade. Now, the German states are mulling a push to outlaw a far-right party seen as a breeding ground for hatred towards immigrants. BRIAN: Interior ministers meeting in Rostock today could vote in favour of prohibiting the National Democratic Party -- or N-P-D. But the process might take years. And some warn that it could even back fire by generating sympathy for the party or fail on legal grounds. BEN: Here's more about the group.