In January 2021, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Saxony-Anhalt classified the state association as a suspected right-wing extremist.

[4] This classification gives the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Saxony-Anhalt broader discretion in using intelligence efforts to monitor the group.

The AfD parliamentary group in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt called for a demonstration in Magdeburg at the end of January 2022 against the CORONA protective measures.

The faction receives state money and is therefore forbidden to finance political events.

[5] In the recent Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt the AfD fraction consist of 2 women and 21 men: