Saxon SPD Minister Köpping for examining AfD ban proceedings

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SPD politician Köpping for examining AfD ban procedures

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Petra Köpping (SPD), Social Affairs Minister of Saxony, is the Social Democrats' top candidate in the state elections

Petra Köpping (SPD), Social Affairs Minister of Saxony, is the Social Democrats’ top candidate in the state elections

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Petra Köpping, Social Affairs Minister in Saxony, supports SPD leader Saskia Esken in a possible AfD ban procedure. Unlike the NPD, the AfD is “a threat to democracy” due to its election results. And another prominent SPD voice is in favor of a ban.

DSaxon Social Affairs Minister and SPD top candidate for the state elections, Petra Köpping, has spoken out in favor of examining a possible AfD ban procedure. “We should regularly examine the chances of an AfD ban,” Köpping told “Spiegel,” siding with SPD federal chairwoman Saskia Esken.

The NPD ban process failed because the party only achieved poor election results and therefore posed no danger. “I see things differently with the AfD,” argued Köpping. “The AfD is strong, it is a danger to democracy.”

Esken had spoken out in favor of regular review of an AfD ban. Her party colleague Carsten Schneider, the Federal Government’s Eastern Commissioner, warned against this. Such a procedure would have little chance and would increase solidarity with the AfD.

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Köpping also said that there was no need to pursue a ban without any ifs and buts, “because failure would be fatal for the social climate”.

The strength of the AfD in Saxony is not new, said Köpping. “There were massive campaigns during the corona pandemic: against vaccination, against protective measures. This violent populism is eating away at democracy.” The democratic parties must counter this, “including the Union,” said Köpping.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has classified the AfD in Saxony as firmly right-wing extremist since December. Saxony is the third state association of the party with this classification after Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt.

Wolfgang Thierse also called for an AfD ban to be examined

Former Bundestag President Wolfgang Thierse (SPD) also called for a ban on the AfD to be examined. “If the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the AfD as definitely right-wing extremist in three federal states, then the state has an obligation to consider banning the AfD,” Thierse told the “Tagesspiegel”. Thierse nevertheless pointed out that a ban process would probably take “many years” and that the AfD could “significantly exploit this for propaganda purposes” and “stylize itself as a victim”.

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