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As head of department in Lower Saxony, Boris Pistorius was involved in initiating the NPD ban process.
Boris Pistorius cannot shake off his inner minister, especially not in these times.
As head of department in Lower Saxony, he played a leading role in initiating the NPD ban process.
That failed, but he sees a definite chance of banning the AfD today, also based on the reasons given for the ruling at the time.
At least in the case of the AfD's regional associations, which are particularly ethnic and right-wing extremist.
Thuringia's Prime Minister Mario Voigt (CDU) has withdrawn his lawsuit against the revocation of his doctorate by Chemnitz University of Technology. He justifies the move with the need to concentrate on his government work in a difficult political situation.
Lower Saxony's state government criticizes the Bundestag's decision to plan a new railway line between Hamburg and Hanover. Prime Minister Lies and Minister Tonne are instead calling for the existing route to be expanded and criticizing the unsecured financing.
The AfD faction under Björn Höcke was unable to achieve the necessary two-thirds majority in the Thuringian state parliament for the parliament to dissolve itself. In the vote in Erfurt, 34 MPs voted for and 52 against.
The Chemnitz Administrative Court has closed the proceedings surrounding the revocation of the Thuringian CDU politician Mario Voigt's doctorate after he withdrew his lawsuit. Voigt bears the costs of the proceedings.
The AfD parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament has unsuccessfully tried to dissolve parliament and force new elections. Parliamentary group leader Björn Höcke justified the request with the plagiarism scandal surrounding Prime Minister Mario Voigt and the changed majority situation.
British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is calling for a much tougher migration policy and announcing plans for new return centers in safe third countries to curb illegal crossings across the English Channel.