An alternate for Germany was recognised by the national Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or German civilian Counterintelligence, as an extremist organization throughout Germany. This had previously been the case only for 3 regions in the east: Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
As of March 2021, AfD had the position of “suspect”. To this end, national services could usage intelligence resources specified as secret agents, surveillance and analysis of public and private sources.
According to the counterintelligence, these observations confirmed suspicions that the organization was pursuing anti-constitutional action.
"Ethnically Defined German Nation"
The reason for this assessment is "the extremist nature of the organization as a full that disregards human dignity". Among another things, the Authority analysed the statements of AfD activists during the electoral run and before the national elections in east Germany. The link between AfD policies and right-wing extremist actors and groups besides played an crucial function in a three-year investigation.
The counterintelligence has now ruled: “The cultural organization dominant and origin-based knowing of the German people is not compatible with the free democratic primary order. In particular, AfD does not respect German citizens with roots in Muslim countries as equal members of the German people as defined by the cultural party." However, no extended expertise has been published on which this categorisation is based.
The designation as an extremist organization now reduces the legal obstacles to AfD's supervision of the Constitution's Office.
AfD: It's politically motivated
AfD herself considers the decision politically motivated. organization vice-president Stephan Brandner said to the paper "Rheinische Post": "This decision related to the instructions of the Constitution Conservation Office is simply a complete nonsense in terms of content, has nothing to do with law and public order and is purely political in the fight of the organization cartel with AfD".
The prosecution that the national Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which is subject to the Ministry of the Interior, acts in accordance with his instructions, is repudiated by SPD Minister Nancy Faeser. – There was no political impact on the fresh study – the SPD policy assures.
Her opinion on AfD is consistent with the content of the report. – Their nationalist attitude is reflected in racist statements, especially against immigrants and Muslims," said the Home Minister, who will hold office only for a fewer more days before the fresh national government takes office.
Pin for Merz
As expected, politicians from another parties welcomed the study of the Constitution Protection Office. FDP politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann said to the German Press Agency: “AfD is not just a protest organization but an utmost right-wing movement that wants to destruct our free and democratic primary order. In her opinion, cooperation with AfD must not be an option for any party."
She most likely besides meant future CDU Chancellor Friedrich Merz and future leader of the parliamentary faction of the CDU Jens Spahn. Merz late consciously accepted the AfD votes in the Bundestag vote. In turn Spahn advocated treating AfD in the Bundestag as any another opposition party. This would mean, for example, that AfD should be given positions in the Bundestag, specified as the president of the committee and representation in the bureau. So far, the remaining parties have prevented AfD politicians.
AfD leads in any polls
AfD has already announced that it will take legal action against qualifying it as a “confirmed right-wing extremist movement”. The organization "will proceed to defend itself legally against this defamation that threatens democracy," explained 2 presidents Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla. The decision of the Constitution Protection Office is simply a "serious blow to German democracy", they said.
Another issue is what the evaluation of the Constitution Protection Office will mean politically. In the Bundestag election held on 23 February, the AfD won a crucial 20.8 percent vote and is now the second strongest parliamentary organization after the CDU/CSU. AfD is the strongest opposition organization against the upcoming ruling coalition CDU/CSU and SPD. In fresh polls, support for AfD has increased even more. In any polls, AfD leveled or even overtakes the CDU.
Chancellor Scholz warns against a fast request for illegalisation
Many politicians who want to outlaw AfD feel encouraged by the report. These include Marco Wanderwitz of the CDU. He was the initiator of a cross-party group motion in the Bundestag, which supported over 120 parliamentarians, but which was not yet voted out in the old Bundestag. Members wanted the Bundestag to ask the national Constitutional Court to ban AfD activities.
However, the request for a ban has long been controversial. Various politicians, constitutional law experts and politicians argued that the ban would be legally cumbersome and would give AfD the function of martyr, which would be beneficial to the party. Furthermore, another parties should fight AfD politically and should not effort to destruct political competition by legal means.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned: "I think this is simply a substance where 1 should not act impulsively," he said at the legislature of the Protestant Church in Hanover. The national Constitutional Court rejected all fresh requests to ban any party. – I am opposed to a fast solution and so I will not say that we should do it this way," he added.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser stressed that the classification of the AfD by the Constitution Protection Office as a right-wing extremist party, and the possible procedure for illegalisation are 2 completely different issues. There are "very advanced constitutional obstacles for crucial reasons" in the case of the party's illegalisation procedure," she recalled. "It should not be excluded, but it should proceed to be very careful," she said.
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