US EditionGermany's AfD: To Ban or Address the Underlying Issues?
- German lawmakers have intensified discussions about banning the far-right AfD party after its recent classification as extremist by the spy agency.
- This momentum follows the spy agency's designation last week and ongoing debate, although incoming Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt doubts the party meets the legal criteria for a ban.
- Key debate points include dismissing AfD-affiliated civil servants, curbing its public funding, and adhering to constitutional court standards that require a party to act 'combatively and aggressively' to be banned.
- Dobrindt expressed skepticism citing that the AfD's aggressive nature against democracy must be defining, while SPD leader Lars Klingbeil vowed to reduce the AfD’s influence and noted a ban could take years.
- The debate suggests Germany’s future government will pursue strategies beyond banning, focusing on addressing issues fueling the AfD's popularity and governing it away rather than outright outlawing it.
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Democracy on edge: Germany labels leading AfD a 'far-right threat,' facing historic clash
Germany's decision to label the far-right AfD a threat to minority safety raises a pressing question: How should the country confront such a danger, and will it outlaw its second-largest political party voted in by 10 million Germans?
AfD ban? Red-Red-Green in Bremen wants to initiate proceedings
According to the constitutional protection, the AfD is secure to the right extreme, now the red-red-green coalition in Bremen wants to initiate a party ban procedure. A corresponding request for urgency is before the SPIEGEL.
+++ Alexander Dobrindt: New Minister of the Interior wants to check AfD reports +++ Liveticker
Even before Schwarz-Rot starts, dispute over the handling of the AfD emanates. Alexander Dobrindt now wants to have the AfD report examined as the new Minister of the Interior. All developments in the live ticker.
EU politicians see a possible ban on AfD critical
After the constitutional protection classification of the AfD as extreme right, a possible ban on the party is discussed again. Politicians of the Union are skeptical. Greens and leftists, on the other hand, are putting pressure on them.
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