The court held that the plaintiffs lack the “reliability under weapons law” required by section 5(2) no. The judges made clear that the rule applies to ordinary party members as well as active supporters and does not require a formal ban on the party by the Federal Constitutional Court. The Magdeburg Administrative Court had already dismissed the claimants’ challenges in March 2025 after examining material collected by the state constitutional protection authority. Similar classifications of AfD state associations exist in Saxony and Thuringia. The Greens’ campaign slogan there is: “Five per cent Greens in the state parliament means zero per cent AfD government.”