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THE German Communist Party (DKP) vowed today to challenge a ban on it standing candidates in September’s federal elections for the first time since the DKP was founded in 1968.
Party chairman Patrik Kobele believes that the decision by Germany’s Federal Election Committee, which decides which minor parties can contest national polls, was politically motivated.
“We are convinced that this attempt to ban us [from the election] will fail,” he said, confirming that the DKP was preparing a legal challenge.
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