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Thousands Rally in Hamburg as 'Prüf!' Launches Push for Constitutional Review of Right‑Wing Extremist Parties

The campaign seeks to convert recurring state-capital protests into pressure on the Bundesrat to ask the constitutional court to examine parties flagged by the domestic intelligence service.

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Satiriker Nico Semsrott hat die Initiative „Prüf“ gestartet und ruft zur Demo in Hamburg auf (Archivbild).
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Overview

  • Organizer Nico Semsrott estimated about 5,700 participants at the Hamburg kickoff, with police describing a peaceful event despite significant traffic disruptions.
  • The demand is for the Bundesverfassungsgericht to review all parties that the Verfassungsschutz classifies as right-wing extremist or as suspected cases.
  • The pathway outlined by the campaign is for Länder to pass formal resolutions leading the Bundesrat to file the request with the constitutional court.
  • Demonstrations are planned every second Saturday at 14:00 in all German state capitals until the Bundesrat submits the review application.
  • No formal state resolutions or a Bundesrat submission have been reported so far, after Hamburg’s parliament debated but did not decide on an AfD ban in July.