The possibility of a funding freeze for parties was created by lawmakers after the second NPD ban proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court failed in 2017. In 2019, the Bundestag, Bundesrat and Federal Government then jointly filed an application to exclude the NPD from state funding. The court is set to announce its ruling this Tuesday. "After that, we will know more about the specific hurdles of such proceedings," said Fechner. With regard to the AfD, he added that this could then also affect other parties. (Tagesschau via Deepl)

Resolves YES if the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) allow the NPD funding freeze.

Resolves NO if the court rules that a funding freeze is unconstitutional.

Close date might be extend if the court delays the ruling.