Prosecutors claim influential AfD leader Björn Höcke used Nazi slogan ‘Everything for Germany!’ in speech
Protesters gather outside court in Halle for the first day of the trial against Thuringia's AfD state leader, Björn Höcke.Protesters gather outside court in Halle for the first day of the trial against Thuringia's AfD state leader, Björn Höcke.
At the trial at the state court in Halle, Höcke is charged with using symbols of unconstitutional organisations. He is accused of ending a speech in nearby Merseburg in May 2021 with the words: “Everything for Germany!” Höcke has led AfD’s regional branch in Thuringia since 2013, the year the party was founded, and its group in the state legislature in Erfurt since it first won seats there in 2014.
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