
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.

The Bundestag’s Jens Spahn was hearing calls for him to quit after he used a U.S. surrogate mother abroad, contradicting the stance he took while a health minister.

According to reports, the staffer of AfD politician Peter Bohnhof was denied both a Bundestag ID and access to internal IT systems.

The new law could leave Europe’s largest economy increasingly dependent on energy imports, undermining claims of greater independence.

The Greens say Muslim life is central to German society and has long faced structural discrimination and lack of recognition.

The CDU Stuttgart conference decided to push for the abolition of sick notes issued over the telephone, citing concerns over growing absenteeism.

The hollow claim that a quota would enhance democratic representation is glaring in light of the systematic exclusion of the right-populist AfD.

BSW estimates that just 9,529 additional votes would have been enough to gain a seat in the Bundestag.

Stürzenberger and other AfD employees lost their parliamentary passes—over concerns their access could be abused for “unconstitutional purposes.”

In the German Parliament’s roll-call vote, 426 deputies rejected the recount, 129 voted in favor—with only the AfD faction supporting BSW’s motion.