Overview

• AfD Bundestag faction approved a binding code of conduct requiring a unified, moderate parliamentary presence and rules against bribery and conflicts of interest.
• Leadership excised the polarizing terms “Remigration” and “Leitkultur” from its seven-point policy paper, replacing them with calls to limit immigration and ease housing pressure.
• Alice Weidel likened SPD’s push for an AfD ban to Hitler’s early measures against parties and press freedom, underscoring fierce resistance to prohibition efforts.
• The AfD’s North Rhine-Westphalia arbitration court expelled MP Matthias Helferich for naming citizens with migration backgrounds as “Viecher” and advocating forced expulsions.
• The domestic security agency’s extremist classification remains suspended pending court review, and Sahra Wagenknecht has denied any federal-level talks with the AfD.