The Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster has confirmed that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution may monitor the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and its youth organization, the Junge Alternative (JA), as suspected cases. The decision follows the assessment that there are sufficient indications of efforts against the free democratic basic order.
The monitoring, including the public announcement, is based on the Federal Constitution Protection Act and is justified despite the special protection of political parties. The judgments against the AfD and the Junge Alternative are based on detailed examinations of their statements and programmes, which were classified as anti-constitutional.
