Overview
- FC St. Pauli president Oke Göttlich showcased a sticker reading 'Björn Höcke ist 1 Nazi' during a live Sky interview before the Bundesliga match against VfB Stuttgart.
- Former player Michel Dinzey displayed the same sticker throughout his halftime Sky interview, maintaining the protest message on camera.
- The protest came one day after Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the AfD as 'gesichert rechtsextremistisch' (confirmed right-wing extremist).
- The Frankfurt prosecutor’s office previously ruled that labeling Björn Höcke a Nazi is a protected factual judgment based on evidence, not defamation.
- FC St. Pauli has a long history of activism, using its platform to promote anti-racism, tolerance, and diversity as core elements of its identity.