AfD party conference in Henstedt-Ulzburg: protests and criticism of the protection of the constitution!

AfD party conference in Henstedt-Ulzburg: protests and criticism of the protection of the constitution!

Henstedt-Ulzburg, Deutschland - On July 5, 2025, the AfD state association Schleswig-Holstein met for a controversial party congress in the community center in Henstedt-Ulzburg. Around 190 party members were present, while 800 demonstrators protested outside. These counter -actions underline the social explosiveness that the party creates with its policy. The taz reports that Ralf Stegner, member of the Bundestag of the SPD, who criticized voters, who tends from social worries about the AfD. In the background of the discussion there is the fact that the AfD did not receive enough votes in the 2022 state election to win a seat in the state parliament.

Despite this setback, the AfD was optimistic. State chairman Kurt Kleinschmidt announced talks with the CDU if the AfD moves into the state parliament with a double -digit result. In a clear rejection of coalition talks, Kleinschmidt excluded Prime Minister Daniel Günther, who works with the Greens.

Constitutional protection and right -wing extremism

Another discussion point was the classification of the AfD by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution as "secured right -wing extremist". AfD members are angry about the decision and have strained a legal dispute against this classification. According to ndr.de , the expert appeals to numerous statements by AfD politicians, who deliberately violates the Basic Law and the human dignity. Gereon Bollmann, member of the Bundestag from Schleswig-Holstein, is a prominent example; He speaks of an international program that wants to "dispute" Germany and rejected the allegation of right -wing extremism.

In the current state constitutional protection report, the AfD is mentioned 27 times, but without its own section. Even if the report criticizes the party in relation to personnel and positions, it remains unclear how the Schleswig-Holstein constitutional protection will observe the state party in the future.

demonstrations and right -wing extremist networks

A meeting of Kevin Dorow, assessor of the AfD state board, with right-wing extremist actors in Neumünster is also the topic in the opinion of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and is cited as evidence of the right-wing extremist orientation of the AfD. The statements of Dorow and other AfD members, which represent foreign and minority anti-Semitic positions, show the concerns of the critics.

The number of right-wing extremist crimes has experienced an alarming increase in 2024 according to constitutional protection.de . A total of 37,835 crimes were registered, which corresponds to an increase of 47.4 % compared to 2023. These statistics throw a double shadow on the political debate and the growing presence of right -wing extremist networks.

At the party congress, a resolution was passed with 182 votes against, which calls for a "profound reform" and the "depoliticization" of the state constitutional protection. The members of the AfD do not seem to be willing to accept the criticism of their political orientation and fight for their place in the political spectrum of Schleswig-Holstein.