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Voßkuhle, Müller, di Fabio: "Extraordinarily complex procedures" - | Former Constitutional Court judges see high hurdles for banning the AfD
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AfD ban: Former constitutional judges see hurdles in AfD ban proceedings: Former constitutional judges have pointed out the complexity of a possible AfD ban ...
zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2026-09/afd-verbot-bundesverfassungsgericht-andreas-vosskuhle-peter-mueller-udo-di-fabio
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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
6 hours ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: taz.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: taz.de
- 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.
Umfrage: Mehrheit der Unionswähler will AfD-Verbot prüfen lassen: Eine Umfrage zeigt, dass selbst die Anhänger von CDU und CSU einem Verbotsverfahren gegenüber ...
sueddeutsche.de/bayern/civey-umfrage-afd-verbotsverfahren-arbeitsgruppe-pruefung-li.3567846
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Comedian Calls for a Ban on the AfD: Hape Kerkeling Touched by Petition Nominating Him for Federal President
ksta.de/politik/hape-kerkeling-geruehrt-von-petition-fuer-ihn-als-bundespraesidenten-1395332
Key FactsKerkeling moved by petition proposing him as president
Oct 14, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: ksta.de
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
Helmut Martin is skeptical: Justice Minister: Banning the AfD won't change people's minds
rhein-zeitung.de/rheinland-pfalz/justizminister-afd-verbot-aendert-nichts-in-den-koepfen_arid-4162206.html
AfD ban: Why Karlsruhe alone does not provide a political answer: Expert opinions, demonstrations, time pressure: The debate about banning the AfD is gaining ...
telepolis.de/article/AfD-Verbot-Warum-Karlsruhe-allein-keine-politische-Antwort-liefert-11484399.html
Andreas Voßkuhle on the AfD: Democracy is in more danger than ever before: The former constitutional judge speaks in an interview about a possible ban on the AfD ...
shz.de/deutschland-welt/schleswig-holstein/artikel/andreas-vosskuhle-zur-afd-demokratie-ist-in-gefahr-wie-nie-zuvor-51440090
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Wüst calls for an AfD ban: Why Chancellor Merz is now applying the brakes: Wüst wants an investigation, Chancellor Merz is putting on the brakes: The debate ...
tz.de/politik/afd-verbot-merz-bremst-wuest-vorstoss-aus-zr-94483976.html
Würzburg: Würzburg lawyer for AfD ban proceedings: "Electoral successes are not a license for hostility towards the constitution"
mainpost.de/franken/wuerzburg-wuerzburger-anwaeltin-fuer-afd-verbotsverfahren-wahlerfolge-sind-kein-freibrief-fuer-verfassungsfeindlichkeit-1-114996751
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1500 pages against the AfD - | is a party ban coming now? "The biggest obstacle is the Chancellor"
op-online.de/politik/und-cdu-rolle-groesstes-hindernis-merz-experte-ueber-afd-verbotsantrag-zr-94370473.html
AfD ban not off the table: SPD Justice Minister Hubig wants to seriously examine the procedure.
op-online.de/politik/spd-justizministerin-hubig-will-afd-verbotsverfahren-ernsthaft-pruefen-zr-94321072.html
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 ...
welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article698eda0856df0f71cc041196/hamburger-thalia-theater-wenn-ein-afd-verbot-zur-buehnenshow-wird.html
Why Juli Zeh is not a fan of the firewall: Discussion about the AfD: Juli Zeh, Springer and the firewall
faz.net/aktuell/warum-juli-zeh-kein-fan-der-brandmauer-ist-200398525.html
Is the Identitarian Movement threatened with a ban?: The reasoning behind the Compact ruling shows the possibility of banning a right-wing extremist group: the ...
correctiv.org/aktuelles/neue-rechte/2025/10/21/droht-der-identitaeren-bewegung-ein-verbotsverfahren/
"Grandmas against the Right" demand AfD ban at vigil in Göttingen: Despite legal hurdles, the initiative is campaigning for an AfD ban and is relying on dialogue ...
hna.de/lokales/goettingen/goettingen-ort28741/omas-gegen-rechts-fordern-afd-verbot-bei-mahnwache-in-goettingen-93973685.html
How the SPD, Greens, and Left are planning a shadow government on the AfD issue: The Greens want to ban the AfD. They are pushing the other parties ...
focus.de/politik/deutschland/wie-spd-gruene-und-linke-beim-thema-afd-eine-schattenregierung-planen_fdec75ed-65d7-4fd9-a2bb-d555818ba1c6.html
SPD calls AfD “clearly right-wing extremist”: Lars Klingbeil calls for swift ban: SPD leader Lars Klingbeil believes democrats have a duty to consider banning ...
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Key FactsSPD Pushes Swift Ban on AfD for Extremist Threat
Aug 23, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: berliner-zeitung.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: berliner-zeitung.de
- SPD leader Lars Klingbeil calls the AfD clearly right-wing extremist and demands a rapid ban procedure.
- A federal-state working group will collect evidence, with independent experts assessing the party’s constitutional violations.
- Klingbeil warns that growing AfD influence harms the economy and hardworking citizens alike.
- CDU and CSU express concerns that a failed ban could boost AfD’s political support.
We must not stand by and watch when an obviously right-wing extremist and anti-constitutional party wants to destroy our democracy and makes politics with contempt for humanity.— Lars Klingbeil, leader of the SPD, in an interview with the Funke Medien Group newspapers.
Berlin Senator for Justice opposes the SPD in debate on AfD ban: Felor Badenberg considers AfD ban proceedings to be practically hopeless
sueddeutsche.de/politik/felor-badenberg-afd-verbot-cdu-spd-georg-maier-li.3285587
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Certainly right-wing extremist: Red-red-green in Bremen wants to initiate proceedings to ban the AfD
spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/afd-verbot-rot-rot-gruen-in-bremen-will-verfahren-einleiten-a-6b791fa9-e515-4346-968e-9b8a42b3319a
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