Protection against the constitution for the AfD: What is in the report?

What does the standstill commitment mean?

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BFV) will AfD For the time being, no longer described publicly as a right -wing extremist and do not treat it that way. This is evident from the BFV’s statement, which is available to our editorial team.

The background: shortly after the BFV had upgraded the AfD, If the party submitted an urgent application and a lawsuit to the responsible administrative court in Cologne. In it, she also called for a corresponding statement of recovery. The protection of the constitution has complied with this. It applies until the urgent application has been decided. Until then, the AfD will only be observed and treated as a suspected case, « as the document states. Specifically, this means that higher hurdles apply to monitor AfD members.

However, the authority sticks to its assessment. « The BFV considers the lawsuit and the urgent application to the AfD from May 5, 2025, » says the document. « Because the classification of the AfD as secure right -wing extremist struts is justified in the matter. »

The step is not surprising. The BFV submitted a similar statement to the statement in January 2021. At the time, the constitutional protection had classified the party as a suspicion, the AfD filed an urgent application and the protection of the constitution gave a corresponding commitment. The party was not successful. In the end she lost to court.

How long does the procedure take?

The BFV will send a statement to the court in the coming days. It can take a few weeks or months to be decided to have the urgent application. The statement of recovery applies so long.

The procedure apart from the urgent application can take significantly longer. Already in the classification as a suspected case, the AfD filed a lawsuit next to the urgent application. The party lost, but then pulled a complaint to the Federal Administrative Court. To date, it has not been judged. Nevertheless, the BFV can treat the party as a suspected case.

How does the AfD react?

The AfD books the statement of recovery as a success. « This is a first important step towards our actual relief and thus the accusation of right -wing extremism, » said Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel.

At the same time there is a dispute over the future course of the party. Maximilian Krah, for example, called for a departure of demands such as mass « remigration » on platform X. The state is delivered “repression of repression”. That was remarkable because Krah has so far been more than an advocate of ethnic ideas.

Krah’s move was not well received in the party. The Augsburg MP Rainer Kraft wrote: « Sure, when the protection of the constitution rings, you just throw it overboard for thousands of years. » The parliamentary managing director of the parliamentary group, Bernd Baumann, also does not consider it necessary to adapt. He said to our editorial team: « The AfD is not the problem with the constitutional protection report, but the will for deliberate misunderstanding on the part of our opponents. »

What does the AfD have in the constitutional protection report?

So far, the protection of the constitution has been holding the expert opinion under closure. However, some pages are already circulating. This includes public statements by AfD politicians. First and foremost those who let a ethnic ideology look through. For example, MP Hannes Gnauck said at an election campaign event: « We must also be allowed to decide again who belongs to this people and who is not. » Sentences that turn against liberal democracy or question the legitimacy of the state can also be found in the document. For example, a statement by Tino Chrupalla that Germany cannot « be confident. »

Journalists of the mirror have already evaluated the entire report. There are also chat courses in which overthrowing fantasies are expressed, as well as evidence of the party’s networks in the new right scene.

Is the report still published?

Dobrindt (CSU) said in an interview with Maybrit Illner that he had not yet read the report himself. As soon as it has been checked, a publication is made. Meanwhile, the AfD is unimpressed by a possible publication. « We want to know what we are accused of – full and whole, » says Bernd Baumann of our editorial team.

Konstantin von Notz has not yet been able to read the report, he told our editorial team. Notz is the chairman of the parliamentary control committee, which is responsible for the control of the intelligence services. « As members of this body, however, we are entitled to look at official assessments with the necessary care, » he said. « I advocate a version of the Federal Ministry of the Interior that is suitable for publication. »