Trial SVP National Councillor rejects the term "right-wing extremist"
Andreas Glarner and Hansi Voigt will stand before the Aargau High Court on Tuesday: the SVP National Councillor had filed a criminal complaint after media entrepreneur Voigt called him a "gaga right-wing extremist" in a tweet, among other things.
25.03.2025, 09:40
SDA
He could not live with the term, Glarner said in court. "When you think of right-wing extremist, you immediately think of Nazi." He is at home in the democratic camp - a right-wing extremist is outside of it, Glarner said.
Glarner is not a Nazi, Voigt said in court. "But he is not a normal SVP member either." An extremist is someone who uses violence to achieve their goals. And Glarner repeatedly used digital violence, for example by publishing the telephone number of a teacher he did not like, said Voigt.
The public prosecutor's office had sentenced Voigt to a conditional fine of 40 daily rates of 200 Swiss francs. The Bremgarten district court acquitted him in February 2024. Glarner and the public prosecutor's office appealed to the high court.
