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AfD Faction Formalizes Conduct Code and Expels Extremist MP

Stripping polarizing language from its policy documents seeks to bolster governing credentials as courts weigh its extremist designation

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.