Overview
- Lawmakers held an Aktuelle Stunde on 5 November in which SPD and CDU/CSU accused the AfD of acting as a proxy for Russian interests and misusing parliamentary questions.
- Security politicians pointed to an unusual volume of highly detailed AfD inquiries on Bundeswehr capabilities and critical infrastructure, alleging a methodical effort to extract sensitive data.
- Internal AfD schedules reported by ARD and Spiegel show Bundestag members Steffen Kotré and Rainer Rothfuß planning a mid‑November visit to Sochi for a BRICS‑Europe event with faction funds budgeted.
- A Berlin administrative court upheld the refusal of a personalized Bundestag pass to an AfD aide over Russian contacts, citing concrete risks to parliamentary operations.
- Bavarian parliament president Ilse Aigner proposed classifying certain government replies to reduce exposure of security‑relevant information, while the AfD rejected the accusations as politically staged and no formal charges or reforms have been announced.