OVG: AfD legally classified as a suspected right-wing extremist case

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has rightly classified the AfD as a suspected right-wing extremist case. The Münster Higher Administrative Court confirmed the lower court’s ruling.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution can classify the AfD as a suspected right-wing extremist case. The Higher Administrative Court (OVG) in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, rejected the lawsuit. In doing so, it confirmed a previous ruling by the Cologne Administrative Court from 2022.

This means that the Office for the Protection of the Constitution can continue to use intelligence resources to monitor the party. The verdict is not yet legally binding. Although the OVG did not allow an appeal against the current ruling, the AfD can submit an application for approval to the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig.

The appeal proceedings before the Higher Administrative Court concerned the question of whether the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution was right to classify the entire AfD as a suspected case of right-wing extremism. It was also about the classification of the now disbanded AfD “wing” as a suspected case and as a “certain extremist effort” as well as the classification of the youth organization “Junge Alternative” (JA) as a suspected case.

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