Survey: Majority considers AfD to be extreme right and fears destruction of democracy

The Federal Constitutional Protection classifys the AfD as a secure right-wing extremist. This fuels the debate about a prohibition procedure. How do voters view this?

According to Germany's trend, a majority "fear that the AfD is destroying our democracy." At the same time, almost half of the opinion is that it is "acceptable" to pass laws if only with AfD votes. From the Merz Cabinet, only a majority of ministers are well received.

The Federal Constitutional Protection has classified the AfD as a secure right-wing extremist. This fuels the debate about a prohibition procedure. Among voters there is no clear majority for this – but agreement on other points.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution's classification of the AfD as right-wing extremist has sparked a new debate about the party. A good two-thirds (67 percent) of citizens agree with the authorities' assessment that the party is right-wing extremist, according to an Infratest survey for ARD's "Deutschlandtrend." AfD supporters, however, unanimously reject this classification. Only five percent of AfD supporters agree with …

Readers discuss efforts of the German constitutional protection to take action against the AfD, and in part agree with editor-in-chief Patterer that a party ban would be counterproductive.