German State Premier Wüst Breaks CDU Ranks over AfD Ban
Wüst urged an expert working group to assess an AfD ban, as the party won 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt and debate grew inside the CDU.
- On September 7, the AfD won 43.8 per cent in Saxony-Anhalt, prompting North Rhine-Westphalia's Hendrik to call for a federal and state working group to examine the party and potential legal consequences.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz insists on political separation from the AfD, describing the election as the CDU's heaviest defeat in decades; however, Hendrik is pushing for a more forceful response to the party's advance.
- Under Article 21 of Germany's Basic Law, parties seeking to abolish the free democratic basic order can be declared unconstitutional, though only the Federal Constitutional Court can impose such a ban.
- Christian Social Union leader Markus argued a formal debate about the "firewall" does not help, while Hendrik stressed the examination process should not begin with a predetermined goal.
- Germany faces another state election on September 20 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where recent Infratest polling puts the AfD at 35 per cent, ahead of the Social Democratic Party at 32 per cent.
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After Saxony-Anhalt, will Germany now consider banning the AfD?
It is a question that comes up a lot in German society. But so far, Friedrich Merz and his CDU have remained largely silent on the subject. That changed on Monday, when Hendrik Wüst, minister-president of North Rhine-Westphalia, whom many see as a favourite to replace Merz as chancellor, said the government should make serious work of examining whether to ban the AfD.
The premier of Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst, called for consideration of the possibility of banning the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, days after the far-right party achieved a landslide victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, DPA reported. Wüst said today that a working group of representatives of Germany's 16 states and the federal government should consider the constitutional options for banning the…
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