Münster: 30,000 people at a demonstration against right-wing extremism. In Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, the AfD hosted a New Year's reception in the town hall.

The police filed a total of 17 criminal complaints, including for bodily harm, resistance to law enforcement officers, insults and violation of the ban on masking under the Assembly Act. Twelve people were sent off. In the 2021 federal election, the party achieved the worst result nationwide with 2.9 percent.