AfD Claims CDU, CSU Meet Extremism Criteria; Bundestag to Debate Supply Chain Law, Höchst Deletes Post
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The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has commissioned a legal opinion that applies the criteria used by Germany's domestic intelligence agency, the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV), to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU). The opinion, authored by lawyer Christian Conrad, argues that if the standards used to classify the AfD as 'confirmed right-wing extremist' were applied consistently, the CDU and CSU would also be subject to similar scrutiny.
The 48-page document cites statements from twelve Union politicians, including Friedrich Merz, Jens Spahn, Markus Söder, Horst Seehofer, and Alexander Dobrindt. Examples include Seehofer's 2018 remark about resisting immigration 'to the last bullet' and Dobrindt's assertion that 'Islam in any form does not belong to Germany.' The opinion claims these statements reflect an ethnically-defined concept of the people and anti-minority, including anti-Muslim, sentiments.
The AfD has circulated this opinion as a response to the BfV's recent classification of the party as 'confirmed right-wing extremist.' The party aims to challenge the objectivity and neutrality of the intelligence agency's assessment and to highlight what it considers double standards. The document has been distributed to several media outlets.
Legal experts cited in media coverage note that the opinion is a 'thought experiment' and question whether the cited statements from Union politicians meet the threshold for anti-constitutional activity. The AfD's legal strategy is part of its ongoing challenge to the BfV's classification, which is currently suspended pending a court review.
Separately, AfD Bundestag member Nicole Höchst deleted an anti-Muslim post on social media following a request from party leadership. In addition, the Bundestag is set to debate an AfD proposal to repeal the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act.
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According to Germany’s Secret Service, the AfD, the country’s second-largest party, is now an official “extremist threat.”
Its crime? Opposing mass immigration, questioning EU
Hammer: The AfD is presenting a legal counter-opinion, according to which, according to the criteria of constitutional protection, the CDU must also certainly be far-right! Reference is made to the CSU's position that Islam does not belong to Germany, statements by Merz about little pashas
