AfD ban: Bundestag discusses explosive applications before elections!

AfD ban: Bundestag discusses explosive applications before elections!

In the German Bundestag, decisive consultations about a possible ban on the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) are due this week. As the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Bundestag members have drawn up an application that has the goal of initiating a party ban procedure against the AfD. The debate is scheduled for Thursday evening and is expected to take more than an hour.

The first application aims to ask the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe to determine the unconstitutionality of the AfD. In this context, the party would have to be declared unconstitutional, which would result in further, how to collect their assets for non -profit purposes. Alternatively, it could be checked whether it is possible to exclude the AfD from state financing.
An indication of urgency is the classification of the AfD as a right -wing extremist suspicion by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which the applicants indicate as a point for the potential unconstitutionality.

cross -faction support

The application to initiate the procedure is supported by a cross -faction group of 113 MPs from various parties. Also a second application by MPs from the Greens is present, which calls for the examination of the success of the procedure by the expert. The decision on the applications is expected to be made before the Bundestag election on February 23, whereby the chances of success are uncertain.

According to the Bundestag-PressMage , the Bundestag would like to encourage the Federal Government and the State Governments to create its intelligence services to create the conditions to achieve strict state freedom. This is an important aspect, since the Basic Law in Article 21 (4) transfers the examination of the unconstitutionality of a party to the Federal Constitutional Court.

Legal framework for party ban procedures

The proceedings for the declaration of ban is regulated in the Basic Law and in the Federal Constitutional Court Act. Parties that endanger the free democratic basic order can become unconstitutional. According to Information from the Federal Constitutional Court A two-thirds majority of the Senate are required in the main proceedings. In addition, the court can collect the assets of the party in question.

The review of the AfD could be a step in the direction of a comprehensive political change. So far, only two party bans have been pronounced, but in the case of the AfD, political support for such a measure seems to be up to. However, it remains to be seen whether there will be a ban.