Controversial debate: City council rejects minaret on mosque site in Memmingen. Mayor Jan Rothenbacher made it clear that the building law perspective had to be separated from the content-political consideration of the matter.

For the AfD it is clear that there should be no minaret. Both the developer and the government of Swabia have the opportunity to sue against AfD's planned citizens' initiative against the minaret, he said. We now see how and in what wording the corresponding question will be put to the vote.