Unimaginative AfD lawyers? “Salami tactics” cause trouble in court proceedings. The entire party was upgraded to a suspected case of right-wing extremism in March 2021.
In March 2022, the Cologne Administrative Court dismissed a lawsuit brought against it by the AfD in the first instance. The three appeal proceedings pending the OVG Münster also concern the classification of AfD youth organization Junge Alternative (Junge Alternative) and AfD wing also the Junge AfD.