The lawmakers of the German Choice for National Defense ( AfidD) are causing a huge wave of controversy in Germany by continuously using their constitutional powers to force state agencies to publicize sensitive information related to national security.
A party member has asked the government to announce the exact routes used by the German military to transport supplies to Ukraine.
Another person pressured the government to clarify whether Germany would provide Ukraine with long-range missile systems capable of hitting deep into Russian territory.
Another lawmaker from the party wants officials to reveal whether the German military will use drones to patrol the eastern border.
According to one analysis, over the past five years, members of the party have repeatedly sought to request the release of confidential information of the same type.
Opposition parties in Germany believe that the disclosure of secrets, including content related to Germany's support for Ukraine, could affect all parties in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The AfD's response to the request for information has touched on a sensitive issue in German society, as the country debates how to deal with the security threat to Europe and Germany.
The pursuit of information disclosure also comes as the AfD is closely following the ruling Christian Democratic Party in polls, pushing the party closer to being able to participate in power.
The scale of the AfD's questioning requests was first announced in October by German Federal Home Affairs Minister Georg Maier of Thuringia state.
Last month, Georg Maier told German media that in Thuringia alone, AfD lawmakers had raised dozens of security-related questions, including a set of dozens of detailed questions.
The Green Party, another centre-left party, later published a list of AfD questions in the state of Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin and borders Poland. This list includes questions about civil defense and drones.
A third list of security-related questions raised by the AfD in the German parliament was also leaked to the media, prompting criticism to increase. In addition to asking about Germany's long-range missiles, AfD lawmakers at the federal level also sought to access information about the drone program and the military's defense plans.
German magazine Der Spiegel later published the most comprehensive analysis of the issue. After 3 weeks of reviewing the government archives, Der Spiegel discovered that about 7,000 questions submitted by the AfD were assessed suspicious.
The AfD denied the allegations and sued Georg Maier, as well as the Handelsblatt - an economic daily that published his first interview on the issue.
The judge dismissed the lawsuit against Handelsblatt, while the lawsuit involving Maier is still under review.
The AfD said opponents had misinterprinted the party's questions or deliberately exaggerated them for political purposes.
