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Traffic light discusses cutting state subsidies for the AfD
In the debate about how to deal with the AfD, the traffic light coalition is discussing sanctioning the party below the party ban threshold. The procedure for exclusion from party financing anchored in the Basic Law is “an important element for the defensive state to significantly reduce state funding for anti-constitutional parties,” said the Parliamentary Managing Director of the SPD parliamentary group, Johannes Fechner, to the Handelsblatt. The Greens also see cutting state money as a possible option, but point out that this measure also requires “very prerequisites”. “Just as with a party ban, the constitutional bodies are required to carefully weigh legal steps, taking into account the assessment of the security authorities,” said parliamentary group leader Irene Mihalic to the newspaper.
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January 22, 2024 02:44 ET (07:44 GMT)