15 June 2022, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Karlsruhe: The Second Senate at the Federal Constitutional Court, (l-r) Astrid Wallrabenstein, Ulrich Maidowski, Monika Hermanns, Peter MŁller, Doris König (chair), Peter M. Huber, Sibylle Kessal-Wulf and Christine Langenfeld announce the verdict on statements critical of the AfD made by then-Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) after the Thuringia elections in 2020. According to the verdict, the statements violate the right to equal opportunities for political parties. Photo: Uli Deck/dpa