Overview
- The SPD and Greens filed a motion for a Bund–Länder working group, under federal lead, to assemble evidence and test the legal prospects for proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court.
- The review would consider a full party ban, partial bans of specific state branches, or exclusion from public party financing.
- The move depends on the Administrative Court in Cologne rejecting the AfD’s suit against its classification as right‑extremist, which is currently paused under a standstill pledge.
- Hamburg’s parliament is scheduled to debate and vote on the motion on January 14.
- Berlin and Schleswig‑Holstein have adopted similar motions, and recent Hamburg demonstrations by the “Prüf” initiative drew several thousand participants.