Article content continuedThe “extreme ideology” gatherings push the idea that Europe is on the verge of a system collapse, Der Spiegel reports. Cape Breton — and Canada — is seen as a more stable alternative. According to Der Spiegel, the pair form part of a network founded by Eckhardt, who also lives in Cape Breton. Eckhardt, Der Spiegel reports, is a so-called Reichsbuerger — a person who feels the modern German state that arose after the Nazi defeat doesn’t have legitimacy. The Cape Breton Post, reporting on Friday evening, said Popp and Eckhardt had once been real estate partners, but later went their separate ways and competed for business.

Source: National Post July 24, 2020 18:58 UTC