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AfD representatives on the process for the classification of the AfD by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Münster on Tuesday
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The course of to categorise the AfD as a suspected right-wing extremist case begins. The AfD attorneys' technique results in a number of breaks. An incident involving a mysterious piece of paper causes confusion.

DThe negotiation had not but progressed to the precise matter when the AfD's lawyer, Christian Conrad, requested that the proceedings be excluded from the general public. He desires to cite from categorized info – the safety of the Federal Republic might be endangered if journalists and residents remained within the room. So everybody out, initially simply in order that the AfD can clarify to the judges why that is needed for the quotation.

Around 180 individuals stand within the drizzle for half an hour in entrance of the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster. It slowly turns into clear what was meant when the AfD delegation greeted journalists with the phrases “Welcome to our show” round two hours earlier.

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/prozess-um-einstufung-der-afd-als-rechtsextremistischen-verdachtsfall-19581636.html