Jürgen Klopp calls for positive patriotism after AfD election success

The new national coach Jürgen Klopp recently called for “positive patriotism” because he doesn’t want to “leave national pride to the wrong people” - and thus referred to the AfD's electoral success in Saxony-Anhalt.

In fact, in its government program, the party's regional association calls for nothing less than a "patriotic turnaround" that Jürgen Klopp certainly wouldn't want to see on football pitches and stands. The "perpetuation of a guilt complex" in Germany has led to "national pride being fundamentally considered disreputable." German "national masochism" is based on cultural prerequisites, so the AfD Saxony-Anhalt, the paper promises, will heal this "identity disorder" through "a new, patriotic cultural policy." From now on, funding should primarily be given to art “that makes a contribution to the development of German identity.”