AfD against constitutional protection classification: decision is postponed. Is the classification of the AfD as a “suspected extremist case’ legal? The Münster OVG is supposed to make the decision, but a verdict is not yet in sight.
Classification as a suspected case would have far-reaching consequences for the Afd. Then service means of secret observation could be used against them, such as surveillance and undercover agents. In March 2022, the Cologne Administrative Court dismissed a lawsuit filed against it by AfD in the first instance.