Overview
- Thorben Peters of Die Linke says he supports initiating a formal ban procedure against the AfD in Lower Saxony.
- He argues the AfD rejects core Basic Law principles, naming human dignity, free expression, religious freedom, and the prohibition of discrimination.
- Peters contends other parties are copying AfD language and demands, which he says collapses any claimed firewall against the far right.
- He links the AfD’s polling gains to fears of social decline and social humiliation, saying protest voters buy into promises of solving problems through deportations.
- The Lower Saxony branch of the AfD has been monitored as a suspected case since 2022, a status extended in 2024, and the AfD denies that it threatens the constitution.