Overview

• The state government says the AfD’s internal publication wrongly asserted that several core measures of the CDU-BSW-SPD coalition’s 100-day program were not implemented.
• A spokesperson for the Administrative Court of Weimar confirmed receipt of the complaint on July 16, officially launching the legal process.
• Stefan Gruhner argued the lawsuit seeks to uphold institutional trust by challenging objectively refutable falsehoods rather than curb free speech.
• AfD vice-chair Daniel Haseloff accused the government of weaponizing baseless lawsuits to silence opposition voices.
• The case highlights growing tensions in Thuringian politics over the limits of defamation law and the balance between accountability and robust political debate.