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The campaign Ban the AfD Now! criticizes the continued reluctance of members of the German Bundestag

Published on Thu, 1/2/2025

Demonstration von vielen Menschen mit bunten Fahnen vor dem Bundestag.

Press release: More than 50 civil society organizations call on members of the Bundestag to vote in favour of initiating proceedings to ban the AfD before the new elections

The campaign Defend Human Dignity - Ban the AfD Now! criticizes the continued reluctance of members of the German Bundestag to initiate the ban procedure against the AfD.

“While new involvement of the AfD in the far-right scene is uncovered every week, the parliamentary party leaders continue to hesitate when it comes to banning the AfD. Yet the evidence is overwhelming. The necessary facts, legal assessments and a drafted resolution for a ban are all on the table. It is becoming increasingly unlikely that the majority situation in the coming legislative period will allow the procedure to be initiated again. A further delay in the proceedings would mean missing a historic opportunity to protect our democracy. This catastrophic mistake must not be allowed to happen again in Germany,” explains Julia Dück, spokesperson for the campaign.

The reluctance is still justified by the fact that not enough material is available and the outcome of the proceedings is too uncertain. The AfD ban campaign criticizes this as a bogus argument. Back in November, 17 constitutional law experts issued a legal opinion stating that the ban proceedings had a chance of success. Furthermore, according to recent press reports, the upgrading of the AfD to “confirmed right-wing extremist” by the German domestic intelligence services has already been decided within the authorities at federal level and in Brandenburg and is simply not being published.

“As a broad civil society alliance, we are calling on members of the Bundestag to vote now in favor of initiating proceedings to ban the AfD,” explains Malte Engeler, press spokesperson for the campaign. “We must not stand by and wait until the AfD has come to power and it is too late. The Bundestag must now clear the way so that the Federal Constitutional Court can finally start its work."

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