Overview
- The AfD's Berlin chapter says Justice Senator Felor Badenberg violated her oath by calling the AfD a “danger for our democratic rule of law” in a Berliner Morgenpost interview.
- The Landesverfassungsgerichtshof confirmed it has received and registered the organ‑dispute application and will now review its admissibility and any substantive claims.
- The party argues Badenberg spoke in her official capacity while also running as a CDU candidate in Wilmersdorf, which the AfD says creates a conflict with the neutrality obligation for senators.
- Berlin’s justice administration said Badenberg learned about the AfD’s announced lawsuit from media reports and that the formal complaint had not yet been delivered to her office.
- Organstreitverfahren are used to settle disputes between state bodies and a court ruling could affect the AfD’s assertion that the remark harmed its right to fair participation in the upcoming Abgeordnetenhaus election.