German institutions may violate neutrality mandate to attack AfD, Constitutional Court finds

The Constitutional Court of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate has decided that state officials and governments may use official communication channels to defame the AfD, even though this is contrary to their constitutional mandate to remain politically neutral.The Constitutional Court rejected two corresponding AfD requests in a resolution published on April 2. The article Justitia with Party Book – AfD Diffamation is rightly explained first app…

The Rhineland-Palatinate State Constitutional Court has ruled that statements by government members against the AfD under certain conditions are compatible with the state constitution. The verdict marks a turning point in German jurisprudence: for the first time, a German court has granted the governmental "fight against law" priority over the requirement of state neutrality.

German institutions may violate neutrality mandate to attack AfD, Constitutional Court finds

A German court has ruled that State officials and governments may use official communication channels to defame the right-wing Alternative for Germany party…