Overview

• The Brandenburg interior ministry released the full 142-page Verfassungsschutz memo on August 14 formally designating the AfD Brandenburg as a „gesichert rechtsextremistische Bestrebung.”
• The AfD withdrew its emergency injunction against the publication but is pursuing its main challenge at the Verwaltungsgericht Potsdam.
• Brandenburg’s ruling coalition is split over next steps, with the SPD urging exploration of a party ban and the BSW cautioning that stricter measures risk strengthening the AfD and infringing rights.
• The upgraded classification allows expanded intelligence tools and has triggered reviews of AfD-affiliated civil servants and firearms permits in several states.
• Federal classification of the AfD and any nationwide consequences remain on hold pending a court decision in Cologne and further administrative preparations.