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Greens Push Cross-Party Talks on AfD Ban as Interior Minister Accelerates State Consultations

With the AfD’s intelligence reclassification still frozen in court, parties remain split on a ban versus political containment.

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Die Grünen-Fraktionschefinnen Katharina Dröge und Britta Haßelmann
Die Grünen-Vorsitzenden Katharina Dröge und Britta Haße
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Overview

  • Green parliamentary leaders Katharina Dröge and Britta Haßelmann invited the Union, SPD and Left faction heads to discuss initiating a party-ban application against the AfD.
  • Their letter cites what they call the party’s escalating radicalization and urges a responsible review that could be launched quickly to protect democracy.
  • SPD delegates previously backed examining a ban, and party leader Lars Klingbeil has reiterated support for starting proceedings.
  • Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has brought forward consultations with the Länder on practical consequences of a possible Verfassungsschutz upgrade, including public service rules, weapons permits and security checks.
  • The BfV’s planned classification of the AfD as “gesichert rechtsextremistisch” is suspended due to the party’s lawsuit, and only the Federal Constitutional Court can ban a party upon application by the Bundestag, Bundesrat or federal government.