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AfD Files Legal Challenge After Mayoral Candidate Barred in Ludwigshafen

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By Thomas Brooke | Remix News | August 7, 2025 Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Joachim Paul has confirmed he will pursue legal action after being barred from running for mayor of Ludwigshafen. The city’s electoral committee cited doubts about the state parliament member’s loyalty to the constitution in its decision, which Paul believes to be politically motivated due to the rising popularity of the right-wing anti-immigration party. Spe…

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The exclusion of the AfD candidate Joachim Paul casts light on a forgotten city: In the once proud Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, two tendencies can be observed that threaten the whole of Germany: de-de-de-de-de-mocratization and de-industrialisation.

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In Ludwigshafen, AfD-man Joachim Paul should not be allowed to take part in the OB election. The election committee questions his constitutional consistency. Now the AfD-Landesverband defends itself legally against the decision.

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The AfD politician Joachim Paul apparently does not want to accept his exclusion from the Ludwigshafener OB-Wahl. According to Rheinland-Pfalzischer AfD, an application for an interim order was made to the administrative court in Neustadt/Weinstraße.

It is the largest city in the Palatinate and it is also: AfD-Hochburg. Ludwigshafen. Some inhabitants should therefore be angry, because there is a dispute about the mayoral election next September. The election committee of the city rejected the application of the AfD candidate Joachim Paul. He now wants to take action against the decision. He is not allowed to take part. Joachim Paul, member of the AfD state parliament, wants to be elected as …

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