Overview
- Union and SPD led an Aktuelle Stunde on Nov. 5 alleging the AfD may be exploiting parliamentary questions to obtain sensitive details useful to Russia.
- CDU’s Marc Henrichmann cited a pattern of queries on critical infrastructure and security, while SPD’s Sonja Eichwede called the party a handmaiden of Russian interests.
- Defence Committee chair Thomas Röwekamp warned of systematic, highly detailed AfD requests on Bundeswehr capabilities that could map vulnerabilities.
- The AfD rejected the claims as politically staged and noted the lack of criminal charges, even as a Berlin court upheld denying a Bundestag pass to an AfD staffer over Russia-linked contacts.
- ARD reported that AfD MPs Steffen Kotré and Rainer Rothfuß plan mid-November travel to Sochi with faction-funded budgets, intensifying scrutiny as Greens urge caution on curbing question rights and some MPs press for exploring a party ban.