German court ruling sparks calls to stop state funding for far-right AfD

Court rules in favour of pulling funding for Die Heimat because it sets out to undermine Germany democracy

A court decision to cut state funding to a minor far-right political party in Germany has sparked calls for similar rules to be applied to the much more significant rightwing populist AfD, which is at the centre of a storm over immigration policy.

The constitutional court ruled in favour of stopping public funding to the party Die Heimat (the homeland), successor to the National Democratic Party, NPD from 2023.