Overview
- Under Paragraf 107 of the Geschäftsordnung, Landtagspräsidentin Ilse Aigner was obliged to restore Kathrin Ebner-Steiner’s speaking rights after muting her for repeated procedural infringements
- The AfD leader completed her closing address by parliamentary compulsion, breaking with the Landtag’s tradition of conciliatory pre-recess remarks
- Aigner announced an Ältestenrat review of the incident to determine whether decorum rules were violated during the final session before summer break
- Minister-President Markus Söder and other key figures have urged democratic unity in response to the AfD’s provocative tactics
- The YouTube recording of Ebner-Steiner’s speech has amassed roughly 60,000 views, highlighting the AfD’s strategy of leveraging procedural conflicts for public visibility