Suspicion of sedition – police investigate deportation song on AfD election party

The Potsdam police said the background was a corresponding complaint. The police became aware of the number through a published video. “A corresponding report was then recorded and the case is now being investigated,” it said.

Indictment on charges of sedition
Green Party politician Volker Beck wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that he had filed a complaint for incitement to hatred. Several young AfD supporters sang a song about deportations on Sunday evening.

To the tune of the song “That’s going on. We’re partying all night” by the band Die Atzen, they sang: “Hey, it’s going on, we’re pushing them all away, pushing them all away”. To do this, they held up a sign that read “Deport millions” (see video in tweet below).

The band responded to the case with a message on Instagram. “The only people who are allowed to rewrite our song are Hertha BSC Ostkurve and SpongeBob.” The Berlin rappers could not be reached for further comment.

Fans of the second division football team Hertha BSC rewrote the song as “Hey, it’s happening, we’re winning the championship.” There is also a version of the song by the cartoon character SpongeBob.

Party leaders consider the song unproblematic
The leadership of the AfD considers the deportation song unproblematic. The chairman of the AfD-Brandenburg, René Springer, said that this behavior of members of the Junge Alternative was relatively harmless compared to the demands of the youth of the SPD party on abortions. The song was part of the election campaign of the youth organization Junge Alternative.

Federal President Tino Chrupalla said: “We are talking about the youth here. (…) And they too have the right to celebrate.” Brandenburg’s AfD top candidate Hans-Christoph Berndt said: “The real scandal is the everyday crime and violence in Germany and not the singing of a song.”