Panel discussion on the AfD review proceedings

Ulrich Schellenberg

Ulrich Schellenberg is a lawyer and notary in Berlin and a partner at Be:Right Rechtsanwälte und Notare. He has chaired the Berlin Bar Association (Berliner Anwaltsverein) since 2003 and was President of the German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein) from 2015 to 2019. His podcast “AfD vor Gericht” follows the debate about possible proceedings to ban the AfD from a legal perspective. It focuses on the constitutional requirements, how such proceedings would run, and the political context of the current discussion.

Photo: M. Reis, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sven Leunig

Sven Leunig has been a lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena since 2013. His research covers federalism, populism, the development of democratic systems and democratic theory. For the 2026 state election in Saxony-Anhalt, he examined how far the AfD's manifesto could be put into practice under constitutional law.

Felix Jochim

Felix Jochim is a lawyer, currently completing his legal traineeship in Berlin. For two years he has been involved in the campaign “Menschenwürde verteidigen – AfD-Verbot jetzt!”, where he is press spokesperson. Since then he has worked intensively on the question of banning the AfD and gives talks and workshops on the subject.

Lorenz Seeger

Lorenz Seeger is managing director of diesdas.digital. For more than 20 years he has worked on brands and digital products, and on the strategy and communication of progressive parties and movements.