AfD-Verbot: Pro und Kontra

In the organizer's words:

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution rates the AfD as definitely right-wing extremist. Does this not make it a case for a party ban under Article 21 of the Basic Law? Skepticism prevails among the leading politicians of the constitutional bodies entitled to apply. The lecture will discuss both the matter and the procedure. How dangerous is the AfD for democracy? And is it possible that the counter-defense provided for in the Basic Law poses an even greater danger in this case?

Patrick Bahners studied history and philosophy at Bon and Oxford. He has been responsible for the humanities section of the FAZ since 2016; from 2018 to 2024 he was the correspondent for North Rhine-Westphalia based in Cologne. Publication on the topic: Die Wiederkehr. The AfD and the new German nationalism, Stuttgart 2023.