Overview
- The AfD-Bundestagsfraktion held a public Bürgerdialog at the Hofcafé CaHeu in Schweringen that drew about 80 people on Wednesday and finished without incidents while a roughly 20-person counter-info table protested nearby.
- In Darmstadt-Eberstadt the AfD-Landtagsfraktion ran a Bürgerdialog attended by about 50 people inside as roughly 140 protesters demonstrated outside and some opponents entered the hall to voice objections.
- Local police deployed multiple units to both events, used cooperation talks to separate assemblies, and restricted protest areas to venue perimeters, measures officials said helped keep the gatherings peaceful.
- Party organizers announced several AfD figures for the events, and opposing groups such as Bündnis gegen Rechts, Omas gegen Rechts and local Left branches both demonstrated outside and attended inside to challenge speakers.
- The incidents follow larger past confrontations at AfD appearances and come as the Niedersachsen-AfD lost an emergency court bid in June 2026 that lets the Verfassungsschutz treat the party as a right-wing extremist suspected case, a development that has intensified local mobilization and policing.