AfD withdraws urgent application: the protection of the constitution remains on the train!

AfD withdraws urgent application: the protection of the constitution remains on the train!

In a current turn of events regarding the right -wing extremist classification of the AfD in Brandenburg, the party has withdrawn its urgent application against the decision of the constitutional protection. This decision was made after an internal meeting on Tuesday evening, such as rbb24 The AfD had been classified as "secured right -wing extremist" in May, but the publication of this classification was not yet possible due to the legal steps of the AfD. The AfD state chairman Rene Springer asked Interior Minister René Wilke to make the classification notice publicly, which he considers to be politically instrumentalized.

What happened anyway? The AfD initially classified the Brandenburg constitutional protection as a suspicion before the classification was finally made to a secure right -wing extremist status. Already in other federal states such as Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, the AfD was classified as right-wing extremist. Interior Minister Wilke pointed out that their own legal steps have hindered the publication of the classification.

The ongoing procedure

While the legal classification is now legally binding as a suspicion, the procedure for high levels remains as "secured right -wing extremist". This was also confirmed by Tagesschau , the reported that the non-approval complaint of the AfD before the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig failed. The Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia had decided in May 2024 that the Protection of the Constitution was allowed to classify the AfD as a right-wing extremist suspicion because it is pursuing activities that are directed against the human dignity and the principle of democracy.

The debate about the high classification of the AfD was initiated on May 2, 2025 when the first urgent applications were received by the administrative court in Cologne. Experts estimate that it could take several years for a legally binding decision to classify it as "secured extremist".

right -wing extremism in numbers

concern about the growing potential of right -wing extremism in Germany is underpinned by current figures in the protection of the constitution. At the end of 2024, over 50,000 people were right -wing extremist in Germany, over 15,000 of them are considered violent. In the area of right -wing extremist crimes, an alarming increase of over 47% was recorded in 2024, with a total of 37,835 crimes, with propagandaeles representing the most common category ( Constitutional protection ).

• Right -wing extremist potential in parties: 25,000 people (2024)
• violent right -wing extremists: 15,300 people (2024)
• Propagandadelics: 24,177 (63.9% of the crimes)
• acts of violence: 1,281 (increase by 11.6% of 2023)

It can be clearly seen that right -wing extremist efforts not only grow, but also gain social relevance. The right -wing extremist scene has now organized in different groups and structures, which only reinforces the challenge for the security authorities.

Overall, the Situation remains tense, and it is clear that the protection of the constitution is required to continue to actively observe and act to protect democracy and to counteract right -wing extremists.