Merz Sees No Reason to Ban AfD—Yet
“It smells too much” like a desperate attempt to “eliminate the political rivals.”
“It smells too much” like a desperate attempt to “eliminate the political rivals.”

The establishment’s authoritarian power plays are eroding the already low level of public trust.
According to the petitioners, Germany is experiencing “an unprecedented attack on democracy.”

The region’s left-wing government wasted no time proposing the ban despite lacking any legal evidence to support it.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the move against the most popular party was “tyranny in disguise.”
Friedrich Merz for now has remained silent on the issue.