Overview

• Recent Insa and Forsa surveys put Alternative für Deutschland at a record 25% support nationwide.
• The governing Union-SPD coalition commands only 42% in polls, falling short of a Bundestag majority.
• The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution’s extremist classification of the AfD is suspended during ongoing court challenges.
• Legal scholars such as Professor Markus Ogorek argue the party’s size alone provides no constitutional barrier to a ban.
• A Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung study finds that inadequate public infrastructure in eastern and former industrial regions correlates with the AfD’s voter gains.