Overview
- Brandenburg’s AfD withdrew two suits over earlier Verfassungsschutz ‘suspected case’ references, and the Potsdam administrative court closed the cases.
- AfD state chair René Springer said the actions were moot after the later classification of the Brandenburg branch as ‘proven right‑wing extremist,’ while the challenge to that classification remains pending.
- BKA president Holger Münch cautioned that AfD participation in state governments could jeopardize sensitive data and inhibit information sharing among security agencies.
- Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD’s frontrunner in Saxony-Anhalt, proposes abolishing one or two ministries, cutting agencies, ending the current form of school attendance, and reducing public broadcasting to at most two strictly factual channels.
- Polling ahead of five 2026 state elections shows strong AfD gains, particularly in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern, as analysts foresee tougher coalition arithmetic and some leaders warn that final results can diverge from surveys.