Thuringia’s AfD-ban hearing AUF1 reports foreign replies

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AUF1 previews the Thuringian parliament’s hearing on Die Linke’s motion seeking AfD-ban proceedings. It quotes Anna Paulina Luna’s threat to seek U.S. entry bans for lawmakers supporting such a ban, then relays Ambassador Nechayev’s refusal to participate on noninterference grounds and his pledge of continued dialogue with the AfD and other parties. These are separate statements concerning a scheduled hearing; no party ban or U.S. entry restriction has been imposed in this account.

In a letter discussed by AUF1, U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna says she would ask Secretary of State Marco Rubio to pursue entry bans against legislators who introduced or supported an AfD-ban resolution if the party were banned. The report links her intervention to Die Linke's motion in Thuringia and the forthcoming September 30 hearing. Luna argues that the move targets a political competitor and says she sees no evidence of unconstitutional acts; these are her assertions. No U.S. entry ban, executive decision or German party prohibition is announced. On September 29 AUF1 recalls Luna's warning in broader terms as a plan to seek sanctions if the AfD is banned, and presents Daniel Haseloff's response that the ban effort may damage Germany's democratic reputation. The earlier report's specific threatened U.S. entry bans remain the more precise description. The new item supplies neither an implemented sanction nor an executive commitment to act.