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Civil Rights Group Deems AfD Unconstitutional, Ban Possible.

6/27/2026

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Society for Civil Rights declared the AfD unconstitutional and said a ban could succeed, though no motion exists.
The analysis covered 77,000 parliamentary documents, 55,000 press releases and 2.9 million social-media posts.
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel called the report an AI-generated joke.
Only 124 of 733 Bundestag members backed a ban in Jan 2025; CDU/CSU and most SPD members opposed it, while groups cited the report as legal proof for a ban.

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Story summary

Society for Civil Rights declared the AfD unconstitutional and said a ban could succeed, though no motion exists.
The analysis covered 77,000 parliamentary documents, 55,000 press releases and 2.9 million social-media posts.
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel called the report an AI-generated joke.
Only 124 of 733 Bundestag members backed a ban in Jan 2025; CDU/CSU and most SPD members opposed it, while groups cited the report as legal proof for a ban.