Sloterdijk leaves
Board member of the German Language Association at Rechten-Treff
January 13, 2024, 2:28 p.m
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The philosopher Sloterdijk has already drawn conclusions, the German Language Association is considering them – and is distancing itself from a board member as a precaution. The reason: Silke Schröder took part in a meeting of right-wing extremists in Potsdam, where “remigration” was also discussed.
The German Language Association (VDS) wants to decide next week on the exclusion of a board member who took part in the Potsdam meeting of radical right-wing activists. When asked, chairman Walter Krämer said: “We have a board meeting next week where a decision will also be made on the exclusion request.” He also confirmed that philosopher Peter Sloterdijk has left the club. An editor at Deutschlandfunk had previously distributed Sloterdijk’s letter of resignation on X.
The association is dedicated to preserving the German language in its traditional form and is particularly opposed to the excessive use of anglicisms and gendering. After the Potsdam meeting became known through Correctiv research, he had already informed himself in a statement on Wednesday “about the private activities of his board member.” distant.
“In particular, Silke Schröder’s currently criticized action was neither agreed upon with the VDS nor initiated or authorized by it.” It went on to say: “The VDS does not support any actions that are not compatible with the Basic Law and rejects discrimination of any form.” After the meeting, Schröder wrote to
For the cabaret artist and Berlin theater director Dieter Hallervorden, who belongs to the club, the distancing wasn’t enough. After the reports about the Potsdam meeting, he told Deutschlandfunk: “I’m horrified. And the woman has to leave this club as quickly as possible.”
Individual AfD officials as well as individual members of the CDU and the ultra-conservative Values Union took part in the meeting in a Potsdam villa in November. The former head of the right-wing extremist Identitarian Movement in Austria, Martin Sellner, confirmed that he spoke about “remigration” at the meeting.
When right-wing extremists use the term, they usually mean that large numbers of people of foreign origin should leave the country – even under duress. According to Correctiv research, Sellner named three target groups: asylum seekers, foreigners with the right to remain – and “non-assimilated citizens.” Since it became known, there has been great outrage, and other parties have expressed their horror.