The AfD in Saxony wants to issue a warning to the state government because the Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the state association as "certainly right-wing extremist" two years ago. In the opinion of AfD state leader Jörg Urban, this is "legally untenable". However, two courts have already confirmed the classification.
AfD sees statements misinterpreted
"Statements were arbitrarily interpreted to our disadvantage. And they were interpreted non-stop," argued Urban. For example, the term "international financial elite" was stigmatized as anti-Semitic, although this formulation is commonplace in political discourse.
"According to case law, it is mandatory that legal assessments must always be interpreted in the sense of freedom of expression if different interpretations are possible," emphasized AfD lawyer Joachim M. Keiler. "This was grossly disregarded by the Ministry of the Interior and the authorities."
Further aggravating the situation from the AfD's point of view is the fact that the full report by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution was not published. "It's like accusing someone of theft without revealing what was stolen," they said.
