Processes
AfD against the Office for the Protection of the Constitution: Court announces verdict
Were the AfD and the JA rightly classified as suspected right-wing extremist groups? This will now be decided by the Higher Administrative Court for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. photo
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The AfD and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution have argued in court for weeks. A judgment is now to be announced in an appeal process before the North Rhine-Westphalia Higher Administrative Court.
If the 5th OVG Senate also sees it that way, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution is likely to continue to monitor the party using intelligence means. The assessment standard is the Federal Constitutional Protection Act. The next step after the suspected case is the determination that the object is a confirmed extremist effort. In the case of the JA, the Federal Office has already declared this and the Cologne Administrative Court also confirmed this in February 2024. However, this question was not yet addressed before the OVG.
The party’s lawyers in Münster have announced that they will move to the next instance. In a possible appeal, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig would examine the OVG’s decision for legal errors. However, since the court in Münster is the final authority on facts, the AfD could no longer submit any new applications for evidence before the Federal Administrative Court.
The “Not a Meter to the Nazis” alliance has announced a vigil near the OVG.