AfD Saxony relies on main proceedings after OVG decision

Following the decision by the Higher Administrative Court (OVG) to categorize the AfD as a confirmed right-wing extremist movement, the Saxon AfD is taking further legal action. It is only a decision in summary proceedings, the main case has not yet been decided, said the deputy AfD state chairman, Joachim Keiler. "We continue to see a blatant violation of the state's neutrality requirement."

In December 2023, the Saxon State Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the Saxon state association of the AfD as a "confirmed right-wing extremist movement". With its urgent application, the AfD wanted to ensure that the Office for the Protection of the Constitution was no longer allowed to classify, monitor, treat and investigate the party's state association accordingly.

The Dresden Administrative Court rejected the urgent application last summer. There were sufficient factual indications that the AfD state association in Saxony was pursuing efforts that were directed against the human dignity of certain groups of people and against the principle of democracy, it said in its reasoning at the time. The AfD state association in Saxony had lodged an appeal against this, which has now been rejected.

The OVG rejected the appeal by the Saxon state association of the AfD in summary proceedings on Tuesday. The OVG spokesperson was unable to provide information on the main proceedings upon request.