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By: Franziska Schwarz
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According to research, the AfD in the Bundestag is said to employ more than 100 people from the right-wing extremist spectrum - also financed by taxpayers' money.
Berlin – Neo-Nazis, Identitarians or fraternity members: According to research by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR),
many AfD members of the Bundestag employ
people who are active in organizations that the Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies as right-wing extremist.
According to information from the
BR,
the AfD parliamentary group leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla apparently also practice this.
AfD in the Bundestag: Apparently more than 100 right-wing extremist employees
Exactly how many employees the AfD's current 78 MPs employ is unclear, the report said.
In total there are said to be more than 100 people from the spectrum classified as right-wing extremist.
According to its own information, the parliamentary group itself has 182 employees as of February 16, wrote the
BR
.
AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag: 30 million euros in tax money per year
Details will probably be mentioned this Tuesday evening (March 12th) in the ARD political magazine “report Munich”, among others.
According to BR
information , millions of taxpayers' money would be spent on AfD employees
.
In total, the AfD parliamentary group has more than 30 million euros in tax money annually.
The group, the MPs and their staff were given the opportunity to comment, but most requests remained unanswered.
According to its own statements, the parliamentary group did not want to comment for “reasons of data protection and the protection of personal rights,” reported the
BR
.
BR research on the AfD: Party leader Tino Chrupalla in the Bundestag (archive photo) © Serhat Kocak/dpa
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AfD suspected right-wing extremist case nationwide?
Negotiation at the OVG Münster
This Tuesday (March 12th) and tomorrow, Wednesday, the Higher Administrative Court (OVG) in Münster will also be hearing whether the AfD will be classified as a “suspected extremist case” nationwide.
Essentially, the question is whether the AfD as a whole party can be listed as a suspected right-wing extremist case.
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 before the OVG also concern the classification of the AfD youth organization Junge Alternative (JA) and the now officially dissolved so-called wing as suspected cases - in the case of the wing also about the classification as a confirmed extremist effort.
Two days were set aside for the oral hearing.
A verdict could come on Wednesday (March 13).
(frs)