Overview
- Organizers from the citizen movement PRÜF said roughly 9,460–9,500 people took part in Saturday demonstrations in eleven cities, with about 800 in Berlin and 300 in Potsdam.
- PRÜF demands that the Bundesverfassungsgericht review any party the domestic intelligence service has flagged as right-wing extremist and cites a late-June legal opinion that argues the AfD breaches human dignity and democratic principles.
- Only the Bundestag, the Bundesrat or the Bundesregierung can file a party-ban case under Article 21 of the Basic Law, so PRÜF is specifically pressing state governments to table a motion in the Bundesrat.
- The AfD’s May 2025 classification by the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz as a “gesichert rechtsextremistische Bestrebung” remains contested in court after the Kölner Verwaltungsgericht provisionally suspended that designation in February.
- PRÜF plans recurring monthly rallies to sustain pressure on political institutions, a push that could force public debate in state capitals and influence whether legislatures take the formal step of asking the constitutional court to decide.