The President of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Holger Münch, warns of the consequences of a AfD government participation at the state level. “What happens if the AfD comes into government responsibility in a federal state next year?” said Münch in one interview with that Daily Mirror. “The party could then have access to sensitive and sensitive data and information, which would have an impact on overall cooperation,” he added.
The BKA currently does not know how many AfD members work in the authority. Party membership does not have to be reported, said Münch. “We don’t ask whether someone is a member of the SPD, CDU or the Greens.”
Should the classification of the AfD Münch expects the case to be confirmed by the court as definitely right-wing extremist, “which will have an impact on our security check.” Such a confirmation initially has no immediate impact at the federal level. “We would examine the consequences internally,” said the BKA boss.
In May, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the AfD as definitely right-wing extremist. However, he will not publicly call the party that way until a court ruling is made. Last got that Debate about the firewall against the AfD new impetus, as is the discussion about a possible party ban procedure.
AfD is allowed to take part in the Munich Security Conference
It was announced on Sunday that, unlike in previous years, the AfD would take part again in 2026 Munich Security Conference may participate. A spokesman for the conference said that invitations had already been sent to politicians from all parties represented in the Bundestag before the Christmas holidays. The decision was made by acting chairman Wolfgang Ischinger together with the conference’s board of trustees.
Shortly before, the head of the CSU regional group in the Bundestag, Alexander Hoffmann, called for the party to be excluded from the conference again. At the last two conferences, the conference leader Christoph Heusgen, who has since left, decided not to invite the AfD.
At the conference in February 2025, shortly before the federal election, the BSW was also excluded. Heusgen justified this by saying that representatives of both parties left the Bundestag during a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “This is the opposite of dialogue, and I don’t want to see anything similar at the conference,” he said.
The Munich Security Conference is the world’s most important meeting of experts on security policy. It will take place in 2026 from February 13th to 15th. Dozens of heads of state and government as well as foreign and defense ministers are expected at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
