
Disqualified AfD MP Files Court Appeal Over Election Ban in Germany
A German federal lawmaker has appealed his exclusion from a regional district administrator election, calling the state’s decision to disqualify him anti-democratic.

A German federal lawmaker has appealed his exclusion from a regional district administrator election, calling the state’s decision to disqualify him anti-democratic.

More than 1,000 legal professionals are urging the government and parliament to seek a constitutional ban on Germany’s poll-topping national conservative party.

The German centre-right party accuses the AfD of spreading “hatred” as left-wing extremists assault right-wing journalists and threaten politicians.

The Greens-founded NGO relied on AI to help build the legal case that Germany’s most popular party was “demonstrably unconstitutional” and should be banned.

While appearing reasonable and necessary when taken individually, these measures collectively build an ecosystem of repression that East Germany’s Stasi could only have dreamt of.

Local authorities are forcing candidates to sign a declaration tied to the state’s extremism list—a move the AfD says amounts to a de facto party ban.

Voters are turning away from the mainstream because they are “disappointed with their policies.”

When politicians exploit historical memory to score partisan points rather than preserve truth, they teach the public that the past is merely a tool for present manipulation.

The federal president was trying to damage the AfD, but is likely to have bolstered the party’s support instead.

In a speech on Sunday, Frank-Walter Steinmeier alluded to bans on “extremist” political parties, clearly indicating the AfD without ever mentioning the party.