The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the AfD in Saxony as “certainly right-wing extremist” – what chances would an application for a ban have? Assessments by Christoph Möllers, constitutional lawyer with experience from the proceedings against the NPD.
Christoph Möllers is one of the most renowned constitutional lawyers in the country – and he has experience with party ban proceedings. In the second NPD ban proceedings, he was the representative of the Federal Council as the applicant in the trial before the Federal Constitutional Court. At that time, the court judged the NPD to be clearly unconstitutional, but decided not to ban the party due to its insignificance.
