In Zwickau, Saxony, the controversial hate posters of the right-wing extremist party “The III.
Weg “, according to a court order, will not be removed for the time being.
The election posters with the imprint “Hang the Greens!” Should be placed at a distance of at least one hundred meters from the campaigns for the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party, announced the Chemnitz Administrative Court on Tuesday.
This was preceded by an urgent application from the “III.
Weges ”, which the court had decided on Monday.
(7 L 393/21)
The administrative court in Chemnitz justified the procedure with the basic right to freedom of expression.
It was "currently open whether the strict requirements for such an interference" exist in the said basic right, it said.
The Zwickau city council, on the other hand, ordered on September 9th that the hate posters had to be removed within three days.
In the “balancing of interests to be employed”, the Chamber had considered it appropriate, through the provision of a spatial separation of the election posters, among other things, the party “The III.
Way ”requested“ not to impair communicative concerns ”, announced the administrative court.
The decision is not yet final.
The General Public Prosecutor's Office in Dresden sees an initial suspicion of public incitement to criminal offenses and possibly incitement to hatred as given in view of the call to “Hang the Greens!” Contained on the election posters. Corresponding hateful posters had also appeared in Munich, but were immediately removed by the police.