German court rules far-right party ineligible for funding because of ideology

The Die Heimat party used to be known as the National Democratic Party of Germany, or NPD (Michael Sohn/AP)

Germany’s highest court has ruled that a small far-right party will not get any state funding for the next six years because its values and goals are unconstitutional and aimed at destroying the country’s democracy.

The Federal Constitutional Court said the Die Heimat party, which used to be known as the National Democratic Party of Germany, or NPD, “continues to disregard the free democratic basic order and, according to its goals and the behaviour of its members and supporters, is geared towards its elimination”.