The group describes itself as a "human rights organisation" that stands for "freedom and democracy" against "Islamisation". It has lobbied at the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), often represented by
Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, and has cooperated with the
International Civil Liberties Alliance and the
Center for Security Policy of
Frank Gaffney. The BPE has attempted to claim to have revived the anti-Nazi
White Rose resistance movement, and when Meier spoke at the 2012 international counter-jihad conference in Brussels, he compared German Muslims to members of the Nazi Party. One former member of the White Rose,
Susanne Hirzel, was actively involved in the BPE.
2024 mass stabbing On 31 May 2024, the BPE held an information stand in the
Mannheim market square featuring one of its most prominent activists,
Michael Stürzenberger. At the event, several people were stabbed by an Afghan refugee wielding a knife. Police on the scene shot the attacker. One police officer was critically injured and died two days later after being held in an induced coma. ==References==