As I read German law, the federal government, the Bundestag (lower house) and the Bundesrat (upper house) may each ask the Federal Constitutional Court to ban a party (Art. 21 Basic Law, § 43 of the Court’s statute). None of them is obliged to do so.
So not starting the process is constitutional, although there are good reasons to want it started.
Martin Ueding
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2026-10-24 18:49:36 UTC
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