It is neither a victory for the AfD nor a defeat by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BFV) that the domestic secret service must take back its classification of the party as “secured right -wing extremist” for the time being.
The AfD complains against the classification, combined with an urgent application. The BFV’s “standstill commitment” is intended to secure its rights until the court has decided on their submissions.
That is only fair. The high level of suspicion to the “secured” constitutional party is an interference with political competition. If the BFV had not declared to keep still, it would probably have been obliged to do so by the responsible Cologne administrative court.
It is striking that the more than a thousand pages has long circulated under the media for classification. A “leak”?
Jost Müller-NeuhofLegal policy correspondent
The warning in the world is anyway: our suspicion has been confirmed, according to the message of the protection of the constitution. The time was chosen. Shortly before the change of government, with a Federal Minister of the Interior, who is only active, who, although she has the legal and specialist supervision for the BFV, would have kept out of everything.
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The intended impression: Here an authority decided autonomously, without political influence from the top. So far only initiated people know whether this is true.
It is striking that the more than a thousand pages has long circulated under the media for classification. A “leak”? You will hardly get too close to the authorities involved if you suspect that at least there is an interest in being circulated. The “suspected case” was rated similarly.
Determining, observing and, above all, publicly unconstitutional efforts, is the legal mandate of the Cologne Federal Office. Therefore, the evidence should be on the table promptly – officially.
The official excuses do not draw. It was only said that it was publicly publicly published when it was published, the authority is now coming with the “Stall Commitment” and the protection of the legal proceedings.
The Federal Office prevents none of this, at least making a large part of its fabric collection public. Since the party was officially declared the case, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution has been directly part of the political discussion. He not only has to stand in court for his approach, but also to the public.
Source: Tagesspiegel
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