AfD federal office in Berlin before eviction: employees in home office

The Federal AfD has an office problem; according to information from the party, employees must initially switch to working from home due to the evacuation of their federal office. According to a ruling by the Berlin regional court last year, the AfD must vacate a large part of its federal headquarters in the Reinickendorf district in Berlin's northwest by Wednesday (September 30th).

The search for a new property is ongoing, said a party spokesman, who said he is currently working from home. According to information from party circles, other employees from the previous federal office have also switched to working from home.

Election party sparked dispute with landlord

The background: On the evening of the federal election in February 2025, the AfD held its election party in the courtyard of the office building in a commercial area where it rented rooms for its federal office. The landlord gave notice to the AfD. She did not rent the courtyard space and access to the building was blocked by the police for hours so that other tenants could no longer enter the house.

The Berlin district court finally decided in September last year that the party must vacate most of its premises by September 30th of this year and the remaining area by December 31st at the latest. The lease was originally scheduled to expire one year later.

AfD has been looking for new property for a long time

The postal address in the legal notice on the AfD website is currently “Eichhorster Weg 80, 13435 Berlin”. However, the party has been looking for a new, more representative headquarters as centrally as possible in Berlin for a long time. However, this seems to be difficult, similar to finding event rooms for party conferences, for example. Repeated inquiries to the AfD about a possible new district in recent months have not yielded any new information. It does not provide any information about possible properties that are on the shortlist.

In the summer, “Bild” reported on a rented office floor with “dozens of offices on 1,600 square meters” in a building at Köllnischer Park in Berlin-Mitte as the “new administrative headquarters of the party”. However, the tenant is not the AfD, but rather a real estate subsidiary of the party. The renting of offices in the building by a subsidiary company is confirmed in party circles. According to “Bild”, there will be no AfD signs there. Exactly how many employees in the offices will do what remains unclear.

Other tenants, such as the Oxfam organization, had expressed concern. An initiative called “Mitte Loves Diversity” has called for a protest this Wednesday. Signatures against the move-in should be given to the landlord company.

According to information from party circles, the AfD is still looking for an actual new AfD federal office, as a representative office, delivery address and location for federal executive board meetings and other party events such as election parties.