Overview
- Lawmakers convene an Aktuelle Stunde on Wednesday to examine how the AfD’s relationship with Russia may affect Germany’s security interests.
- SPD parliamentary manager Dirk Wiese cited a notable rise in AfD questions on critical infrastructure and signaled a harsher approach, including pointed interjections.
- CDU’s Steffen Bilger earlier argued AfD inquiries disproportionately target sensitive sites and noted the party’s contacts with the Russian embassy and attendance at its events.
- A Berlin administrative court ruled an AfD staffer can be denied a personalized Bundestag pass due to ties to a sanctioned Russian who worked with intelligence services, citing risks to parliamentary operations.
- The AfD has forcefully rejected accusations of serving Russian interests, while rivals question the intent of queries touching on military transit and police internal matters despite the legitimacy of the inquiry tools.