Germany Urged to Use Article 37 Against AfD as 2029 Exit Threat Tests Democracy
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Updated · The Guardian · Sep 19
Germany Urged to Use Article 37 Against AfD as 2029 Exit Threat Tests Democracy
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 19
Summary
Article 37 — never used in the republic’s 77-year history — should be available if AfD takes power in Saxony-Anhalt, with federal authorities urged to shield courts, police, intelligence and schools from anti-constitutional control.
The argument rejects both banning and normalizing the AfD: a ban would disenfranchise a party entrenched since its 2017 Bundestag breakthrough, while inclusion could strengthen rather than tame it.
Alice Weidel has said that if AfD enters federal government after the 2029 election, Germany would leave the euro and Schengen, raising wider risks for the EU because Germany is its central power.
Christian Democrats are urged to confront the party politically in upcoming state votes in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin by delivering reforms, defending Europe and matching AfD’s emotional appeal as well as its policy challenge.