Partial success for AfD: Court stops insult by left in Rostock
Partial success for AfD: Court stops insult by left in Rostock
In a heated political dispute in Rostock, the waves between the AfD and the left have been raised again. On June 18, 2025, the Rostock district court of the AfD parliamentary group partly agreed. The MPs had filed a lawsuit against the Rostock Linken district association after a leading member of the left, Dirk Bruhn, the AfD MP Enrico Schult and Horst Förster offended. In a public statement in the state parliament, Bruhn described these MPs as "political and human assholes", which the court now classified as inadmissible. According to [sueddeutsche.de] (https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/steit-um-aussagen-afd-laGe-vorwuerfe-in-rostock-Ven- part--part---- new0090101-250618-930-684975) Covered expression.
The background of this dispute is the serious illness of Bruhn, in which he raised accusations against the two AfD MPs that they had symptoms of his Parkinson's disease in the state parliament. Bruhn received an order call from the President of the Landtag Birgit Hesse because of his statements. The accused MPs who vehemently rejected the allegations demanded the deletion of the relevant declaration, which the left-wing district association, chaired by Sandro Smolka, rejected.partial success for the AfD
The negotiation before the Rostock court took an hour and a half and concluded with the judgment that such flat -rate insults are not justified as part of the political argument. In the event of a violation of this judgment, the Left District Association could expect a fine of up to 250,000 euros or even in prison of up to six months. However, further applications from the AfD were rejected for formal reasons, and the Stralsund district court subsequently dealt with similar concerns of the AfD faction against the Left-wing district association Vorpommern-Rügen, which were, however, rejected.
The lawyers see a complex demarcation when it comes to freedom of expression and insult. According to [Hoesmann.eu] (https://hoesmann.eu/Brenzung- opinion freestomance-und-leidigung/), the expression of expression must not lead to the reduction of human dignity. A consideration between freedom of expression and insult is only necessary in specific cases if the insult is not clearly recognizable as such. In this special case, the defamation is in the foreground, which decisively exceeds the limits of the permissible choice of words.
sustainable consequences
The AfD deputies have already announced that they are also taking action against Bruhn's statements. So they failed last week with a lawsuit before the Schwerin district court, since Bruhn's presentation was not confirmed in court. The outcome of this legal dispute could have significant effects on political climatic in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
It remains to be seen how the events will develop and whether fist right or the right to a factual discussion will prevail. What is certain is that not only the individual, but also the entire political landscape is touched by such disputes. The debate about the limits of freedom of expression and insult remains a hot iron in German politics.
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