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The German Ministry of Justice called for grounds to be found for banning the AfD party

2026-11-09

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] German Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig announced the need to review the grounds for banning the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has become the most popular political force in the country.

"I am convinced that we must now seriously and systematically examine whether the prerequisites for initiating a ban procedure exist," Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung quotes Hubig as saying.

The polls must be really bad for the government.

According to the minister, a working group of representatives from the federal government and the states should be established to collect and analyze information that could be used in a potential investigation. A political and legal decision should then be made based on the investigation's findings.

Hubig noted that AfD emails and any information released by hackers could be used as evidence if they contain information about hostile actions against the constitutional order.

According to the minister, the AfD ban is of existential significance for democracy—the party's potential formation of a government in Saxony-Anhalt would be a serious test of the rule of law.

I cannot politely say what I think, and I lack the vocabulary to say it impolitely.

Hubig also believes that the election of a party representative as president of the state parliament has already marked a turning point for the country.

Hubig recalled that the Bundestag, the Bundesrat, and the federal government have the authority to submit petitions to ban a political party. However, a cabinet decision on this matter is only possible by consensus.

"If an application has a clear prospect of success, it should be submitted," she concluded.

On September 20, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party received 4.9% of the vote in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern elections, failing to enter the state parliament for the first time in its history. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won with 38.2%. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the results a "disaster." In the Berlin elections, the CDU won 20%, losing to the Left Party, which received 24.5%.

The Left Party being the former East German Communists, to which the lady most interestingly objects not a whit.

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