Headquarters of the far-right party Alternative for Germany The (AfD) was registered in Berlin this Wednesday, at the behest of the prosecutor’s office, in connection with the alleged improper financing case, according to the formation itself.
“Since this morning Berlin Public Prosecutor’s Office “It registers the federal headquarters of Alternative for Germany without notifying the AfD in advance of matters that need clarification.”
The recording is currently under an ongoing investigation, according to regional broadcasters NDR and WDR. Alleged violation of the Law of the Parties, The AfD is suspected of falsifying figures in its accounting reports submitted to the Bundestag (lower house of the German Parliament) in 2015 and 2018.
According to media, the search aims to seize documents related to the preparation of accounting reports and campaign financing for the 2017 parliamentary elections, in which the AfD won seats in the US for the first time. Bundestag.
In addition, investigators are trying to access the emails of the former treasurer and former leader of the AfD. Jörg Meuthen, Those whose immunity as European parliamentarians was lifted during the investigations and who left the ultra formation this year.
Co-chairs of the formation, Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel In the statement, they stated that if the prosecution had requested these documents, the party would have provided them, therefore the search was aimed at “intimidating” the AfD.
The investigations that led to today’s record began in 2019, when it was revealed that Weidel, then the caucus chair, made an irregular donation. 130.000 € from Switzerland.
This was followed by a trickle of information about other suspected cases where the AfD received donations to fund its electoral actions. foreign foundations and companies questionable credentials and did not adequately reflect them in his accounting.
Last July, the Bundestag demanded that the AfD pay a fine of 150,000 for an irregular donation made in the Weidel area, while the previous legislature demanded a sanction. 400.000 € for other similar situations.
Meuthen, a representative of the party’s moderate wing, left the party in February of this year. irregular financing and in the midst of tensions with the most extreme groups.