Many small, colorful fish come together to form one big one — and on it the slogan reads: “We are more!” With a large-format fish sculpture, a coalition from North Rhine-Westphalia is advocating a ban on the far-right and anti-queer AfD. The figure by artist Jacques Tilly is just about to swallow a small brown-blue fish. Today the artwork is set to be displayed in Bielefeld at 1 p.m., and a few hours later in Hannover at a rally.
Organized by the alliance “NRW-Appell – AfD-Verbot jetzt!” It is a coalition of 130 organizations and initiatives from North Rhine-Westphalia and part of the nationwide campaign “AfD-Verbot.jetzt”.
The initiative calls for the Federal Council (Bundesrat) to file a party-ban proceeding with the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht). According to the network, more than 120,000 signatures have been collected in NRW so far. In June, the alliance handed them to Minister-President Hendrik Wüst (CDU).
Wüst to Focus on AfD Ban as Bundesrat President
On October 16, the Bundesrat will elect Wüst as its new president. The alliance wants to remind him that the Bundesrat must initiate a ban proceeding. “The milestones on our path show: we are not alone. From Nordrhein-Westfalen to Berlin, the number of people calling for an AfD ban is growing,” said Klaus Rees of NRW-Appell in East Westphalia.
On the way to Berlin, the fish stops in Hannover, Magdeburg, and Potsdam. To wrap up, on Friday, October 16, at 12:30 p.m., a rally is planned in Berlin. There, Wüst will be presented with a small gift to set the tone for his upcoming duties.
