Overview
- Ex–Federal Constitutional Court president Andreas Voßkuhle urged democratic parties to be extremely cautious about forming governments that rely on AfD support in an interview with the Tagesspiegel.
- He warned an AfD-led state could politicize the judiciary, deploy police and prosecutors against opponents, curb free speech, and even limit Holocaust teaching in schools.
- Voßkuhle said elevating an AfD politician to minister-president would have an enormous exemplary effect that could speed illiberal shifts nationwide.
- He argued the AfD rejects Western-style parliamentarism, lacks internal pluralism, and portrays other parties as corrupt elites or traitors.
- He framed the risk within a broader global rightward turn and issued the warning as parties prepare for 2026 elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Saxony-Anhalt, where coalition decisions could prove pivotal.