Overview
- The Administrative Court in Weimar ruled that Stephan Kramer breached the state neutrality requirement by evaluating the AfD’s program in a 2023 interview.
- Two other contested remarks were judged lawful, including a general call for voters to reject “enemies of the constitution” that did not name the AfD.
- The court also deemed Kramer's claim that AfD representatives “vilify our democracy” permissible as an explanation tied to findings in the 2021 and 2022 intelligence reports.
- The case centers on comments Kramer made to the Suhl newspaper Freies Wort in June 2023.
- The judgment is not legally binding, and AfD figures responded by demanding Kramer's dismissal and consequences for Interior Minister Georg Maier.