The protection of the Constitution would have the AfD on the 15. January may not be described publicly as a “test case”. The decision of the Cologne administrative court. In order for an application for a temporary injunction, the party was a success. They had complained, by the communication she had been “” stigmatized. the
The protection of the Constitution may not indicate the AfD of a court decision, as a “test case”. The Cologne administrative court upheld on Tuesday a corresponding application for a temporary injunction to the party. Against the decision may be appealed before the higher administrative court in Münster.
The action of the AfD is not advised, however, that the protection of the Constitution examines the AfD, but that the office had made this public. This was “a stigmatizing character,” said a party spokesman. In this evaluation, the administrative court agreed. The term “test case” to come in the Public a negative effect, said the court. This intervention in the rights of the AfD was “unlawful and disproportionate”. The Federal Constitution protection act contained for the communication, a party will be processed as a “test case”, has no legal basis. As the Federal office for the protection of the Constitution had rejected the submission of a Declaration to cease and desist and to be procedure for legally holding, there is also a risk of repetition.
had been granted to The application, therefore, already fast-tracked, because in this year of European elections and state elections are not forthcoming. Against the decision of the administrative court of appeal to the higher administrative court of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster inserted.
FDP: AfD test case for democracy “
“The AfD celebrated the decision as a victory all along the line. Party leader Jörg Meuthen said: “The decision proves that the approach of the Federal office for the protection of the Constitution and, in particular, of its President, Haldenwang is in line with the principles of the rule of law.” Thus, the “politically motivated instrumentalization” of the constitutional protection against the AfD had failed for the time being.
The FDP inner politician Benjamin Strasser said: “Even if the protection of the Constitution is no longer allowed to call them that: The AfD remains a test case for democracy.” A party can be the test case, if the authorities recognize the first signs of extremist tendencies. In a test case, an observation V is not allowed to people or other intelligence agents but basically. The President of the Federal office for the protection of the Constitution Thomas Haldenwang had the decision on 15. January in a press conference made public.
