Overview
- The AfD federal congress is set for 4–5 July in Erfurt and authorities say 31 protest actions have been registered around the event.
- Thuringian authorities plan a multi‑state operation with several thousand officers and Bundespolizei support to secure the congress and manage protests.
- Interior Minister Georg Maier has warned of as many as 50,000 counter‑protesters and said past events make it likely a minority could use violence.
- An anonymous Indymedia posting has urged militant tactics, roof occupations and even a storming of the Magdeburg Landtag if the AfD wins in Saxony‑Anhalt, but those calls remain unverified.
- Maier has publicly urged steps to open a formal ban procedure against the AfD citing a GFF legal opinion, while city leaders and police stress equal enforcement of assembly rights and urge peaceful demonstrations to limit disruption to residents and planned events.