The Alternative for Germany () is now characterized as “verified” as a whole for Germany () the Federal Protection Service of the Constitution.
Until now the party has been categorized as “suspected case of right -wing extremism and its local organizations had been classified as” verified right -wing extremists “. The BFV decision, however, does not imply an automatic ban on the party.
According to today’s announcement, the AfD has “verified far -right tendencies” and is “opposed to the free and democratic basic class” while “despising human dignity”.
“Carefully evaluate the situation,” Saltz says
Her domestic intelligence service provided a very detailed justification for classifying the far -right alternative to Germany as extremist, but possible procedures for banning the party should not be in a hurry, outgoing Chancellor Allf Saltz said on Friday.
“I am against the rushed decisions, we must carefully evaluate the situation,” he told an ecclesiastical conference in the northern city of Hannover.
The public television networks ARD and SWR are also mentioned in a 1000 -page report that establishes the characterization of AfD as an unconstitutional party. The basic elements highlights the violations of human dignity, the rule of law and the democratic authorities.
The road to ‘follow up’ opens
The AfD had already been classified in 2019 as a “under consideration” case and only the public behavior of its officials was monitored. In February 2021, he was upgraded to a “suspected right -wing” case to reach today’s decision, which now allows government agencies to use information networks, recruit informants and conduct financial surveys, and monitor communications after the approval of the Committee.
According to the first channel of the German public television ARD, the upgrade of the AfD to “verified right -wing” was expected already last year.
The Federal Protection Office of the Constitution, however, has avoided publicizing its conclusions earlier because of the elections in order not to be accused of violating the right to equal opportunities for the parties during the election period.
Local AfD organizations in Saxony, Saxony-‘Anacalt and Thuringia had already been described as “verified right-wing” and German media were now referring to the party as “partly far-right”.
The new evaluation of the party is likely to rekindle the debate on the possibility of a prohibition procedure, although no automatic procedure is foreseen, and not even the classification of a party as “as verified right -wing” is sufficient to be outlawed.
Only the federal parliament (Bundestag), the Bundesrat and the Federal Government can initiate the procedure by applying to the Federal Constitutional Court, which will proceed with the definitive assessment. Such a process had attempted to initiate last January by the MP of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Marko Vandevic, but did not collect the required support from parliament members.
As a “outrageous” and “deliberate attempt to weaken the stronger opposition line in the Bundestag”, the leader of the AfD organization in Baden-Baderberg Emil Sentz described the decision, while the leader of the party’s organization in Bavaria Stefan Prottka It is launching. “
