Ban the AfD? Which points are now being discussed:
New arguments have revitalized the debate surrounding a potential ban on the AfD. The most important questions ...
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AfD Leaks: There Is Enough Evidence to Initiate Proceedings to Ban the AfD: The data from the AfD leak may provide details that justify proceedings to ban the ...
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Key FactsAfD ban proceedings could be initiated without decisive leak evidence
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- Legal analyses before the leak had already found that success in a ban case could not be entirely ruled out.
- In the summer, the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte set out on more than 1,500 pages why a ban case might succeed.
- Other legal experts question whether the material currently available could withstand scrutiny in court.
- Experts say courts could also use data illegally obtained by third parties in an AfD ban case.
Leaked AfD emails: What we know and what we don't: What data was stolen from AfD emails by hackers? And what legal consequences could follow – | including ...
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Umfrage: Mehrheit der Unionswähler will AfD-Verbot prüfen lassen: Eine Umfrage zeigt, dass selbst die Anhänger von CDU und CSU einem Verbotsverfahren gegenüber ...
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Comedian Calls for a Ban on the AfD: Hape Kerkeling Touched by Petition Nominating Him for Federal President
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Key FactsKerkeling moved by petition proposing him as president
Oct 14, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: ksta.de
- Nearly 155,000 people signed the online appeal proposing Hape Kerkeling as Germany’s federal president.
- He did not explicitly reject interest in the office but emphasized the CDU’s importance in choosing the candidate.
- He said the petition would probably fail but could encourage a useful debate about a queer head of state.
- At a hearing in Thuringia, he strongly advocated banning the AfD.
Whoever votes for right-wing extremists does not want a mere slap on the wrist, as is often said. Whoever wants the lions to come into the arena wants to see blood as well.— Hape Kerkeling; quoted in the KSTA article about voters' responsibility in the context of the AfD debate
Is there movement in the debate about banning the AfD?: The Federal Council, the Bundestag, or the Federal Government could initiate ban proceedings ...
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Helmut Martin is skeptical: Justice Minister: Banning the AfD won't change people's minds
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Why Kerkeling and Maaßen are talking about an AfD ban: The debate about a possible ban on the AfD has been ongoing for years. Experts are now coming to the ...
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Debate on possible AfD ban proceedings continues: The debate about a possible ban on the AfD continues. The chairman of the Conference of Interior Ministers ...
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"No longer delaying" - | State deputy leader wants federal government to decide on AfD ban
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Key FactsNeubaur urges Dobrindt to decide on AfD ban proceedings
Sep 1, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- Before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, Boris Pistorius and Cem Özdemir backed prohibition proceedings focusing on associations in Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
- Neubaur describes the AfD as a serious threat to open society and the country’s internal and external security.
- She holds Federal Interior Minister Dobrindt responsible and calls for the rapid establishment of a federal-state working group.
- A 1,500-page report by lawyers and other experts found good prospects for an application before Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court; Chancellor Friedrich Merz remained cautious.
The AfD is not only a party with nationalist and anti-democratic positions. Its unabashed proximity to imperialistic and authoritarian-aggressive regimes like Russia, its attacks on press and academic freedom, and its contempt for the rule of law make it a serious threat to our open society and to the internal and external security of our country.— NRW Deputy Prime Minister Mona Neubaur (Greens) in an interview with the Frankfurter Rundschau via Ippen.Media.
CSU leader against his own party: Söder considers partial AfD ban proceedings a bad idea
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Hamburg's Thalia Theater: When an AfD ban becomes a stage show: For years, a ban on the AfD has been discussed in Germany. On the political stage in Berlin ...
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Answers to Friedman: Are East Frisia's representatives in favor of banning the AfD?
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Berlin State Parliament wants to initiate proceedings to ban the AfD: The Greens and the Left Party in the Berlin House of Representatives have approved a motion ...
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Invitation from the Greens: Spahn does not want to participate in consultations on AfD ban proceedings
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SPD discusses AfD ban proceedings at internal event: At its party conference, the SPD clearly supported proceedings to ban the AfD. However ...
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Paid articlePaywall Berlin Senator for Justice opposes the SPD in debate on AfD ban: Felor Badenberg considers AfD ban proceedings to be practically hopeless
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Paid articlePaywallProhibition fantasies with consequences: And that's just the first season of "Game of AfD"
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AfD ban: Bundestag debates two motions: In the debate on a motion to ban the AfD, supporters in the Bundestag are promoting their motion ...
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