AfD Saxony fails with urgent application against classification as securely right-wing extremist
The AfD state branch failed, according to court records, simultaneously with an urgent application that aimed to compel the Saxony Constitutional Protection to publish the 134-page expert opinion, on which the classification decision was based. The Saxony Constitutional Protection had classified the Saxony AfD as securely right-wing extremist in December, and its youth organization, Young Alternative, had been classified as securely right-wing extremist since April 2023.
In Saxony, a new state parliament is to be elected on September 1st, simultaneously with Thuringia. The AfD was polling at approval ratings of around 30% in the latest surveys, roughly equal to the CDU. The AfD state branches in Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt have also been classified as securely right-wing extremist by the respective state Constitutional Protection agencies. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution currently lists the federal party as a "suspected case".
- The Administrative Court in Dresden is currently reviewing the AfD's urgent application to compel the Saxony Constitutional Protection to disclose the 134-page expert opinion that served as the basis for classifying the Saxony AfD as securely right-wing extremist.
- If the Administrative Court in Dresden rules in favor of the AfD, it could have significant implications for the Classification provided by the Saxony Constitutional Protection Act.
- Meanwhile, in Thuringia, the Constitutional Protection has classified the AfD state branch as securely right-wing extremist, similar to the classification in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
- The Classification of the AfD in multiple states under the Constitutional Protection Act has sparked heated debates about freedom of speech and political expression in Germany.
