The German Bundestag will discuss two proposals to ban the "Alternative for Germany" party. The debate is scheduled for Thursday evening, BNR reported.
The procedure to ban a party in Germany can be triggered by one of the two chambers of parliament or by the government, which is currently in resignation. The final decision on the ban lies with the Constitutional Court. At the moment, it has placed "Alternative for Germany" under surveillance due to suspicion that the party professes radicalism that threatens the state structure of Germany.
One of the proposals to open a procedure was submitted by Christian Democratic Union MP Marco Wanderwitz and was supported by over 120 MPs, but not by all factions.
The counterarguments range from concerns that the party will present itself as a victim in a witch hunt to doubts that the legislation does not provide sufficient grounds for opening a procedure.
The chairman of the Social Democratic parliamentary group Rolf Mützenich explained that a possible failure of the procedure before the Constitutional Court would be "carte blanche" for "Alternative for Germany".
The second proposal to open a procedure to ban the far right is from Green MP Renate Künast, which focuses on checking whether the party poses a threat to the constitutional order of the Federal Republic.