AfD classified as a right -wing extremist: Political dispute escalates in Brandenburg!

AfD classified as a right -wing extremist: Political dispute escalates in Brandenburg!

Berlin, Deutschland - On July 17, 2025, the Brandenburg Constitutional Protection classified the alternative for Germany (AfD) as secured right -wing extremist. This decision leads to intensive debates within politics, especially in the state parliament of Brandenburg. However, the official announcement of the classification is initially suspended due to a lawsuit by the AfD before the Potsdam Administrative Court. Interior Minister René Wilke (independent) expressed sharp criticism of the AfD in a state parliament debate and emphasized that the party itself was responsible for the closure of the note.

Wilke asked the AfD to enable the publication of the classification and described the AfD's claim to publish the classification as "at least politically schizophrenic". AfD parliamentary group leader Hans-Christoph Berndt, on the other hand, sees the classification as a "massive intervention in political competition" and calls for a public discussion on this topic.

legal examination and consequences

The AfD argues that the classification is defamatory and must be checked. It remains unclear whether the party executive will come together on Thursday evening for a decision for publication. The AfD's upgrade as a right -wing extremist was carried out during the term of office by Wilke's predecessor Katrin Lange (SPD), who subsequently dismissed the then constitutional protection chief because he informed her too late about the classification. These internal disputes made too long resignation.

In addition to the legal discussion, the protection of the constitution has submitted a "standstill commitment". Until a judicial decision, the AfD is temporarily no longer referred to as "secured right -wing extremist", but only led as a suspected case. This decision was made to suspend the serious consequences of such a classification for the party.

background to classify the AfD

The legal disputes about the classification of the AfD are not new. Already in January 2021 there was a similar statement of the constitution. The AfD has already taken legal steps against the classification as extremist. The court in Cologne will play the crucial role in this, as it declared the former AfD classification as a suspicion for legal in 2022. The reason for the classification of the AfD as extremist lies in the "disregarding human dignity, extremist characteristics of the entire party", which was confirmed by a non -public report of over 1,000 pages.

This year -long examination resulted in the AfD since 2021 as a right -wing extremist "suspected case". The reports of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BFV) and the constitutional protection authorities of the federal states document the endeavors against the democratic basic order. Right -wing extremism is defined as an ideology, the human value according to ethnicity, nation or "breed" is measured and disregarded democratic values. The AfD moves in a area of tension between internal and non -party right -wing extremist currents, which becomes clear in the constitutional protection reports.

The current developments in the AfD not only make questions about the political orientation of the party, but also lead a light on the dynamic relationship between extremist efforts and German politics as a whole. This is particularly evident in the associated political and social controversy about the right -wing extremist tendencies within the party, which is becoming increasingly challenging for the democratic basic order