Wanted to Join the AfD
“The case of the border police chief warrants investigation”
Anne-Sophie Bauer, the Greens’ spokesperson on extremism, expressed shock that the head of the Upper Austrian border police wanted to join the AfD in April 2019. She insists that the state’s top security officials must have no ties to far-right circles and points out concerning connections to the Identitarians as well.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen “A leading representative of the local police wants to join the AfD. That is extremely disconcerting and also frightening. First, it contradicts everything our law enforcement actually stands for. Second, a high-ranking security official who has sworn an oath to the Austrian Constitution must not join a foreign political party, let alone finance it. The people of Upper Austria rightly expect that the state’s top security officials have no ties to extremist circles,” said Anne-Sophie Bauer, the Green Party’s spokesperson on extremism, in response to the news that the then-head of the Upper Austrian Border Police had applied for membership in the AfD. She is calling for a thorough investigation of the case.
Investigate Connections to the Milieu
“What has come to light here must not be downplayed. The official’s social circle and any possible connections the man may have to the far-right milieu must be scrutinized with the utmost care. It is in the very best interest of the local law enforcement to take a firm stance in such troubling cases,” Bauer emphasized.
The background and the individuals involved in this case are also explosive. The motion was submitted through the office of Frank Pasemann, who was an AfD member of the state parliament at the time. He was expelled from the party just one year later due to anti-Semitic activities.
Liaison Between the AfD and the Identitarians
Pasemann is considered a liaison between the AfD and the Identitarian Movement (IB). According to the weekly newspaper *Die Zeit*, he is said to have played a key role in enabling IB activists to appear at an AfD rally in front of the Saxon state parliament.
Event in Steyregg
And according to Bauer, one path also leads to Upper Austria and the Identitarian Center in Steyregg. This is because Pasemann also organized an event with Philip Stein and Michael Schäfer. Both are said to be associated with the far-right scene and had just been guests at Castell Aurora, a venue frequented by the FPÖ Upper Austria Youth. “This demonstrates once again the cross-border networks of right-wing extremism and the blurred lines with politics—issues that are still being addressed with far too little action,” Bauer emphasizes.
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