Overview

• The Federal Constitutional Court ruled the complaint inadmissible because Joachim Paul did not sufficiently engage with prior administrative judgments or the established facts and cited a Basic Law article that applies to parliamentary elections.
• The decision keeps Paul off the ballot for Ludwigshafen's mayoral election scheduled for Sunday, September 21.
• Ludwigshafen’s electoral committee excluded the AfD lawmaker in August over doubts about his loyalty to the democratic constitutional order.
• The Higher Administrative Court in Koblenz earlier found no obvious legal error in the exclusion and said such disputes should be addressed through post-election review procedures.
• After setbacks in administrative courts, the AfD said it would back further constitutional complaints, while domestic intelligence labels parts of the party extremist, a designation the AfD rejects.