Right-wing extremism - Thuringian AfD takes action against state constitution protection report
The administrative court in Weimar is dealing with a lawsuit filed by the Thuringian AfD against parts of the 2021 state constitutional protection report, a spokeswoman for the court confirmed in response to a query. The lawsuit was already filed in mid-August. "The parties involved in the legal proceedings are currently submitting written submissions on the matter," said the spokesperson.
It is unclear when a decision will be made. It is also unclear whether the AfD will be successful with its plan. The Thuringian AfD with its state party and parliamentary group leader Björn Höcke was classified as confirmed right-wing extremist by the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in March 2021. The state constitutional protection report for 2021 contains a detailed explanation of the classification of the Thuringian AfD as a confirmed right-wing extremist organization. The AfD is not legally defending itself against the classification.
According to dpa information, the AfD considers several statements in the report to be unlawful and argues that they violate the state's requirement for objectivity and neutrality. This includes a passage in which the Thuringian AfD is accused of a "form of extremist Islamophobia" as well as the points in the report "attacks on the rule of law" and "historical revisionism". The point "Violations of the principle of democracy" was not addressed. Thuringia's head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Stephan Kramer, declined to comment, citing the ongoing proceedings.
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- The secret services in Germany have labeled the Thuringian AfD, led by Björn Höcke, as a confirmed right-wing extremist organization, a classification that the party is now challenging in an administrative court in Weimar.
- Right-wing extremism in Thuringia continues to be a subject of concern, with the AfD alleging that parts of the 2021 state constitutional protection report contain unlawful statements that violate the state's requirement for objectivity and neutrality.
- The Thuringian AfD, a prominent right-wing extremist party in Germany, is currently engaged in legal proceedings against the state constitutional protection report, with the administrative court in Weimar set to make a decision at an undetermined time.
- Björn Höcke, the leader of the Thuringian AfD, and his party have filed a lawsuit against the report, accusing it of making unlawful accusations of extremist Islamophobia, attacks on the rule of law, and historical revisionism, among other things.
- The ongoing legal proceedings in Weimar raise questions about the future of the Thuringian AfD, a controversial right-wing extremist party in Germany, and the balance between protecting state constitution and upholding freedom of speech and political expression.
Source: www.stern.de
