The city of Potsdam wants to accept a legal battle that could last for years. Martin Sellner is the former head of the right-wing extremist Identitarian movement in Austria.
The city's immigration authority issued a nationwide entry ban in March. The entry ban will not be enforced until a decision is made, according to the city's lawyer, this is based on a voluntary agreement with the court.. The Austrian activist declared in March that he did not want to enter Germany for the time being and that planned appearances had been canceled.. A spokesman for the judicial authority, it is not possible to predict when the administrative court will decide on the urgent procedure.. After a court order, the next instance, the Higher Administrative Court, could also be appealed to. If main proceedings were then initiated, the process could take two to three years, as the city representative said. The decision sets out the free democratic basic order, but here the Basic Law is “interpreted in a completely distorting way,” Sellner said.