National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD)
The National Democratic Party (German: Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, NPD) is a far-right political party in Germany.
The federal government, the Bundestag and the Bundesrat jointly attempted to ban it in a trial before the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the highest court in Germany. However, the case was thrown out when it was discovered that a large percentage of the leadership were undercover agents. Horst Mahler, former member of the left-wing terrorist organisation Red Army Faction, defended the NPD before the court.
The party has never managed to win the minimum 5% of votes in federal elections, but it was represented in several state parliaments in the 1960s and won 9.2% (or 12 representatives to the state parliament, the Landtag) in the 2004 state elections in Saxony.
See also: Neo-Nazism
