BERLIN Nov. 13 (DPA/EP) –
More than a hundred deputies of the Bundestag, the Lower House of the German Parliament, have asked this Wednesday to ban the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), a request that comes just a few months before the planned early elections are held. for next February 23rd.
The petition, which has been presented as the polls are giving more support to the formation in voting intention, has been written by the conservative deputy Marco Wanderwitz, of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
Wanderwitz has indicated that in total he has the support of 113 members of various political groups in the Lower House of Parliament – made up of 733 seats -. All of them have urged the Constitutional Court to rule as soon as possible whether the activities of the AfD violate article 21 of the Magna Carta and, therefore, endanger democracy in the country.
To do this, however, they must demonstrate that the party acts in an “aggressive manner” and in clear contrast to what is agreed in the Constitution, although the German Intelligence services place the party as suspected of carrying out extreme right-wing activities. .
The German Parliament has the power to go to court and request a ban on political movements. Thus, the signatory deputies demand a resolution to achieve its ban, although at the moment it is not clear whether the motion will be made with the affirmative vote of the majority.
Germany’s main parties agreed on Tuesday that the next parliamentary elections will be held on February 23, a middle ground between the initial calendar proposed by the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the advance demanded by the main opposition leader, the conservative Friedrich Merz.
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