Germany’s domestic intelligence agency last week classified the largest opposition party, the AfD, as “confirmed right-wing extremist.” This has intensified debates over whether or not to ban the party.
On Friday, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) was classified as “confirmed right-wing extremist” by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV).
Now, there has been a first fallout: two AfD politicians and parliamentarians are not allowed to accompany Hesse’s Minister for European affairs, Manfred Pentz, on a trip to Serbia and Croatia. Pentz explained that he could not expect international partners “to sit down at the same table with representatives of a party that has been confirmed as right-wing extremist.”
Further measures also threaten the radical right-wing party: several federal states want to examine whether being a civil servant, including judges, police officers, teachers, or soldiers, is still compatible with being a member of the AfD.
If they are banned they cant form a party or join another party again, this is by law
Does Germany allow write in candidates?
What are those?
In the US candidates do not technically need to be affiliated with any party nor even necessarily register with the government beforehand (it is almost Impossible to win without it for anything major), however for everything short of the president (electoral college makes weird) there is a blank spot where you can write a name and vote for that person. It appears to mostly be an American thing that has led to vermin supreme and other jokes.
Ah indipendent. Yes those exist. Most likely on local level than federal or state level. But there was one, Robert Farle, (he is a really weird person) that got voted in directly threw the AfD, and then last legislature as an indipendent. We also have special clauses for partys of a minority group. The Süd-Schlesische-Wählerverband (South sleswig minority), SSW, have been represented with 1 seat for years.
In germany you dont have one vote and done. You have two votes. One for the party, and one for a local representitive