The CDU member of parliament Marco Wanderwitz wants to introduce a motion to ban the AfD in parliament and says he has found enough supporters to do so. In order to put such a motion on the agenda, five percent of MPs are needed, i.e. 37. "We have that together," the former Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany told the newspaper "taz" (Monday). A simple majority would be required for a resolution. However, a party can only be banned by the Federal Constitutional Court. This can be applied for by the Bundestag, the federal government and/or the Bundesrat.
We are still waiting for the written reasons for the ruling by the Münster Higher Administrative Court, which confirmed the classification of the AfD as a suspected right-wing extremist party by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution in May, said Wanderwitz from Saxony. "When the reasons for the ruling are available, we will take a close look at it and then submit our updated and well-founded application for a ban." The democratic constitutional state must not simply allow a party "that spreads hatred and agitation around the clock and wants to abolish this constitutional state until it is too late".
