Overview

• The SPD has formed a federal–state working group to gather evidence for a potential Federal Constitutional Court ban of the AfD.
• The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution’s designation of the AfD as a “gesichert rechtsextremistische Bestrebung” remains on hold due to ongoing legal appeals.
• Historians including Andreas Rödder and scholars like Volker Boehme-Neßler argue that current intelligence lacks proof of planned violence and warn a ban could erode democratic legitimacy or spark unrest.
• A recent Allensbach survey finds 52 percent of Germans oppose banning the AfD and only 27 percent support it, with opposition higher in East Germany (65 percent) than in the West (49 percent).
• German constitutional precedent requires proof of active intent to undermine democracy and a two-thirds majority in the Federal Constitutional Court for any party ban to succeed.