AfD ban: Pistorius and Özdemir take the initiative:
They want targeted proceedings to ban nationalist AfD state associations. Democratic resistance needs ...
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Pistorius and Özdemir seek action against völkisch AfD branchesIn a FAS guest article dated 30 August 2026, both advocate action targeting selected AfD state branches.
Key FactsAug 31, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: telepolis.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: telepolis.de
- Their proposed proceedings would focus on AfD state branches in Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
- Pistorius and Özdemir justify the initiative by arguing that extreme right-wing forces threaten democracy.
- They cite the failed 2017 NPD ban attempt as an argument for the Federal Constitutional Court to examine the AfD.
- The article also urges distinguishing protest voters from officials and ideologues, while avoiding counter-polarization in democratic resistance.
Even today we are once again faced with a danger to democracy from the far right.— Boris Pistorius and Cem Özdemir, co-authors of a guest contribution in FAS, August 30, 2026
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