At their state party conference in Neukieritzsch, the Saxon Greens voted by a large majority in favor of initiating proceedings to ban the AfD. An urgent motion to this effect was adopted with two abstentions and no votes against.
Federal Green Party Chairman Felix Banaszak had previously campaigned for such proceedings. "It is right to have the Federal Constitutional Court examine whether the party stands on the ground of our constitution or whether it is trying to override these constitutional principles with feet, with violence and with violence in language," said Banaszak in his speech. This path was important before it was too late.
At the same time, he warned against prejudging: "It would be a mistake to assume that those who have doubts have a secret affinity with the AfD or its positions." The political debate with the AfD must continue, he said. "Democracies don't die from one day to the next," warned Banaszak with a view to what he sees as society becoming increasingly accustomed to far-right positions.
