Overview
- The Brandenburg Landtag voted to reject Wilko Möller’s request for immunity, allowing the criminal case to continue uninterrupted.
- Prosecutors say a 2024 campaign poster showed parents lifting their arms over children in a way that evoked a banned salute, and they charge the designer with mirroring a stock image so the man’s right arm appears raised.
- At the opening hearing, Möller and the co-defendant declined to comment as the court screened a prior social-media video in which Möller defended the poster.
- The court set additional hearing dates and penciled in 24 February for a verdict that reporting says could affect Möller’s political career.
- The proceedings unfold as Brandenburg’s intelligence service classifies the AfD as right‑wing extremist and as BSW lawmakers split, with member Christian Dorst publicly siding with Möller and criticizing the case.