Overview

• A city spokesperson said the Stadthalle will be rented to the AfD for 22–23 November instead of the previously planned 8–9 November.
• Hechingen confirmed it will not appeal the Sigmaringen administrative court’s provisional order that had required access on 8–9 November.
• The court held that the retrospective change to the hall’s usage rules suggested an attempt to exclude the AfD and violated equal treatment in political competition.
• Judges noted an event on the 9 November Pogromnacht anniversary would be provocative yet concluded the party congress’s electoral significance required tolerance.
• The municipal council’s new rule barring federal and state party events from October led the AfD’s state and local branches to file urgent applications.