Overview

• A survey of 176 non-AfD MPs found 124 ready to back a parliamentary motion to start ban proceedings if it reaches the floor.
• The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution’s classification of the AfD as “secured right-wing extremist” is under emergency review in Cologne, keeping the party listed only as a suspect case.
• SPD faction chief Matthias Miersch says internal talks on a ban motion are nearly complete and that he hopes to coordinate a joint parliamentary approach with the Union.
• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and most CDU/CSU deputies oppose legal action, warning that a failed ban could strengthen the AfD and preferring to counter it politically.
• German law mandates a two-thirds majority of Federal Constitutional Court judges and proof of intent to undermine democracy before outlawing a party.