A party ban is very difficult to enforce in Germany; the process can take years. The situation is different with a ban on associations. Green Party leader Nouripuor is now calling for this for the AfD youth organization.
Green Party leader Omid Nouripour is calling for the youth organization “Young Alternative for Germany,” or JA for short, to be banned. “In the fight against right-wing extremists, the constitutional state must not lose sight of the AfD’s frontline organizations,” he told the ARD capital studio. “These play a crucial role in networking and increasing hatred and agitation.”
Associations like the “Junge Alternative” openly worked against democracy and should be banned. “That would be an effective blow by the rule of law against extremist structures,” said Nouripour.
After the meeting between right-wing extremists and AfD members became known, at which plans to expel millions of people from Germany were said to have been discussed, calls for a ban on the entire AfD party are increasing. However, the legal hurdles for this are very high according to the constitution. The proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court can take years.
Individual regional associations are classified as definitely right-wing extremist
This is different with a ban on associations, which the Federal Minister of the Interior could impose. The JA is not considered a separate party and could be eligible for such a ban. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser agreed SWR said that if all the requirements were met, a club could be banned. But she never speaks publicly about club bans.
The former Federal Minister of the Interior Gerhart Baum (FDP) also recently spoke out in favor of a ban on clubs in the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”.
Bans on associations are based on Article 9 Paragraph 2 of the Basic Law. Associations can therefore be banned if their purposes or activities run counter to criminal law or are directed against the constitutional order or the idea of international understanding.
Individual state associations of the JA are classified as right-wing extremist by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. At the federal level, the JA is listed as a suspected case.