Pegida Switzerland

Pegida Switzerland was launched on 9 January 2015, two days after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, with Ignaz Bearth as spokesman.[2][3] It is the Swiss branch of the German movement Pegida (Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes, in English Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West).[2] According to Marco Lüssi from 20 Minuten, Lutz Bachmann wrote in a Facebook post on 5 March 2016 that Ignaz Bearth "had agreed to leave Pegida months ago and is in no way a representative of our burgher movement."[4] This means that Bearth is no longer welcome as a speaker at any Pegida rallies anywhere in the world.[1]

Pegida Switzerland

Pegida Schweiz
Pegida Suisse
Pegida Svizzera
Pegida Svizra
Pegida Helvetia
LeadersMike Spielmann
Tobias Steiger
Founded9 January 2015 (9 January 2015)
HeadquartersDresden, Germany[1]
IdeologyAnti-Islamisation
Website
Official Facebook Page

There is some background to the story. In January 2015, Ignaz Bearth was accused by the media of having bought likes for his Facebook Page.[5] The reason: Reporter Sebastian Sele from Vice magazine claimed that when he used Stern magazine's Facebook like check tool[6] to see what it would show about Ignaz Bearth's Facebook Page, it showed that 43% of Ignaz Bearth's Facebook Page's likes were from India.[7] Ignaz Bearth agreed, for "the good of the movement," to step down from his role as spokesperson for Pegida Switzerland.[5]

Mike Spielmann and Tobias Steiger have now taken over the role of doing official communication with Dresden for Pegida Switzerland.[1] Spielmann and Steiger have plans to make Pegida Switzerland a full-fledged political party "in consultation with [Pegida leadership in] Dresden."[1]

References
  1. Lüssi, Marco (7 March 2016). "Pegida Schweiz wirft Ignaz Bearth raus". 20 Minuten. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  2. Waldmeier, D. (12 January 2015). "Diese Leute reden an der Schweizer Pegida-Demo". 20 Minuten. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. "Charlie Hebdo: Gun attack on French magazine kills 12". BBC. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. Lüssi, Marco (6 March 2016). "Ignaz Bearth zofft sich mit Pegida-Chef Bachmann". 20 Minuten. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. "Ignaz Bearth tritt als Pegida-Sprecher zurück". Blick. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  6. "Facebook like check tool". Stern. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  7. Sele, Sebastian (12 January 2015). "Betrügt der Pegida Schweiz-Posterboy Ignaz Bearth im Facebook-Schwanzvergleich?". Vice. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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