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Brandenburg to Publish Extremism Memo as Officials Push Policy Confrontation With AfD

Dietmar Woidke is pressing for a policy debate with the AfD instead of an immediate ban until courts confirm its extremist classification in the report due August 14.

Ministerpräsident von Brandenburg Dietmar Woidke (SPD)
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Overview

  • Brandenburg’s Interior Ministry will release the full Verfassungsschutz memo on August 14 explaining the May upgrade of the AfD to a secured right-wing extremist movement.
  • Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke argues that challenging the AfD on policy issues like energy is more effective than seeking a ban before judicial confirmation of its extremist status.
  • Finance Minister Robert Crumbach rejects outright non-cooperation and believes exposing the AfD’s policy proposals will reveal their lack of viable solutions.
  • The AfD withdrew its emergency injunction demanding the memo’s publication but continues to contest its extremist classification in a main lawsuit.
  • State intelligence services in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia have likewise labeled the AfD extremist, with all higher-classification measures paused pending court decisions.