Göring-Eckardt chattered about AfD party ban - "This looks like a stupid political thing"

The AfD leads in the polls – and instead of arguments there are Green Thought Games around a party ban. The reflex: not analyze, but ban. But the call for the ban not only signals weakness – it also endangers confidence in democracy.

Green Party politician Katrin Göring-Eckardt is pushing for proceedings to ban the AfD. There are numerous indications that the party as a whole is acting unconstitutionally, she told the Funke Media Group's podcast "My Hardest Decision" (Thursday). This should not be ignored, even if it might "look stupid" because the AfD is "some kind of competition" to democratic parties. "These proceedings must be initiated, and then the Constitutional Court…