Patrik Brinkmann

Patrik Brinkmann in Berlin

Patrik Brinkmann (born December 1966 in Motala ) is a Swedish - German entrepreneur and politician. He is considered a leading figure in European right-wing extremism .

biography

Brinkmann was born in Sweden in 1966. His mother is from Germany. In the 1980s and 1990s he was an entrepreneur in ore mining and in the real estate business and became wealthy through this activity. He held a 27% stake in the stock corporation "Wiking Mineral". However, Brinkmann made headlines in Sweden with tax proceedings and bankruptcies. Among other things, he had tax debts in the amount of 12.5 million crowns (equivalent to around 1.2 million euros). In 2006 he was sentenced to eight months in prison for tax evasion, but acquitted on appeal because of the statute of limitations. In March 2008 he was declared bankrupt by a Stockholm court.

In 2004 he tried to found the right-wing extremist Continent Europe Foundation (KES). Its seat was supposed to be in the Swedish province of Jönköpings län , but the authorities there refused to register the foundation since autumn 2004 because the foundation capital of 20,000 Swedish kroner (approx. 2200 €) was too small in relation to the goals of the foundation. The organization continued to act as a foundation. She described herself as a “new European think tank”. The aim is the unification of European rights. The protection of the constitution feared the formation of an international network of intellectual right-wing extremists. The Russian political scientist and historian Vyacheslav Daschitschew , an "international figure of right-wing extremism" according to the North German constitutional protection authorities, is a member of the foundation's board of directors. The foundation maintained u. a. Relations with the NPD . At the invitation of the NPD parliamentary group in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the KES held a two-day congress in the state capital Schwerin in August 2008 , in which around 50 scientists and journalists from the right-wing intellectual spectrum and a number of top NPD officials took part. Well-known members of the foundation included a. the former NPD functionary Andreas Molau , the French publicist Pierre Krebs , the publisher Gert Sudholt convicted of sedition and the history revisionist Olaf Rose . In the meantime, the organization's activities have largely been discontinued.

In 2007 Brinkmann moved to Berlin. The protection of the constitution feared that Brinkmann wanted to establish a European neo-Nazi network in Berlin . He is considered a leading figure in international right-wing extremism and maintains close contacts with the NPD and Russian neo-Nazis . At the beginning of 2009 Brinkmann joined the DVU , which has since merged with the NPD. He financed an expert opinion for the DVU for a lawsuit against the adoption right for homosexual couples. In 2010, he then switched to the right-wing populist small party Citizens' Movement for Germany . In March 2011 he was state chairman in Berlin, but soon resigned from the chair. The reason was the candidacy of a homosexual from his party for the Berlin state election.

At the same time, the Swedish authorities began to review the Brinkmanns Family Foundation. There had been some inconsistencies in the bookkeeping - these included business reports being submitted too late and the resignation of the auditors for allegedly insufficient access to the books.

In September 2011, through leaked e-mails, Brinkmann's close contact with the founder of the anti-Islamic project Politically Incorrect Stefan Herre became known to the public.

Since November 2011 Brinkmann has been taking a break from politics. His engagement also had a negative impact on his business.

Positions

Brinkmann is striving for a so-called “ ethno-pluralistic Europe of the peoples”, whose core problem is “not the Jews, but the Muslims”, and represents Islamophobic and homophobic theses, according to Simone Rafael from the Internet portal Netz gegen Nazis .

Private

Brinkmann is married and has six children. He lives in Berlin and Budapest. In 2014 Brinkmann declared that from now on he would partly live in Hungary. Brinkmann also praised the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Constitutional Protection Report from 2009, p. 119 ( Memento of July 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.3 MB)
2. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost: "Swedish neo-Nazi planning election campaign in Berlin" of January 21, 2010
3. ↑ Johannes Gamillscheg & Detlef Schmalenberg: "Pro Köln": The patron of the ultra-right . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . January 28, 2010
4. ^ Albrecht Kolthoff: High-flying plans for a "European think tank" . In: Netz gegen Nazis . July 14, 2008
5. ↑ "Continent Europe Foundation" supposedly wants to move to Berlin ( memento of the original from March 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Publikative.org . May 15, 2009
6. ^ The German members of the Continent Europe Foundation . In: Antifascist information sheet . No. 80, September 15, 2008
7. ↑ Robert Scholz: Brinkmann declares Molau (NPD) to be the “Germany Commissioner” of the “Continent Europe” Foundation . In: right end of the line . November 6, 2008
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Christoph Andersson: Patriot i frack . Broadcast in the P1 Documentary series on the P1 program of the Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Radio . November 6, 2011 (Swedish)
9. ↑ Andreas Speit : No guest performance for Professor Daschitschew . In: the daily newspaper . May 9, 2008
10. ↑ Federal Constitutional Protection Report from 2009, p. 119 ( Memento of July 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.3 MB)
11. ^ Right-wing extremist foundation - Berlin instead of the Swedish province . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . May 13, 2009
12. ↑ ^{a b} Thorsten Stegemann: A crusade against Islam and five million euros . In: Telepolis . March 11, 2010
13. ↑ Andreas Förster: Right-wing KES Foundation seeks alliance with the NPD: Meeting of radical ideologues in Schwerin . In: Berliner Zeitung . August 8, 2008
14. ↑ Swedish right-wing extremist moves to Berlin . In: Berliner Morgenpost . July 13, 2008
15. ^ Frank Jansen & Johannes Radke: "Pro Germany" and "Freedom": dispute and chaos among right-wing populists . In: Der Tagesspiegel . March 30, 2011
16. ↑ Controversial website: “Politically Incorrect” closely linked to the right-wing scene . In: Spiegel Online . September 18, 2011
17. ↑ ^{a b} Simone Rafael: Brinkmann, Patrik , Netz gegen Nazis , February 24, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010
18. ↑ ^{a b} "Berlin to Budapest '" Daily News Hungary , July 22, 2014 (English)