So, in simple terms....the coalition (with support from the FDP, Linke Party and Greens) want to implement a Constitutional 'watch' action over the AfD Party and it's members. For about a year, in the Bundestag circle, this chatter has been going on and it's simply just a matter of time when the vote is carried out, and the Stassi-like monitoring will start up. In the last week....it's gone a step or two higher.
An embarrassment? No. Various parties will openly say that 'threats' made in speeches and talk by AfD members....require monitoring by police. Some AfD folks will use the term 'secret' police....just to hint of Stassi (the old East German secret police).
Will this all lead onto a 'victimhood' situation? This is likely the next step as authorization to spy on the AfD starts up. It's comical to suggest they represent a victim situation, but it starts to put the coalition parties (CDU-CSU and SPD), along with the Greens, Linke and FDP.....in a bad light.
If AfD were to ever reach a majority of voters...would they flip the mechanism to then authorize spying on the CDU, SPD and others? Yes, and that's the sad part of this story....retribution is likely to occur, if votes flips.
But here's the amusing thing about the spying business. The AfD folks could start fake rumors of Russian agents being part of the Green Party support mechanism, or the Chinese were lobbying the CSU in Bavaria, and these reports would get dragged out in the monitoring meetings....where the fake rumors might get accidentally released (intentionally) to the public TV news crowd. Yes, suddenly....you'd wake up and have some fake story leading you (the German public) to think that Bulgarian agents were sitting with big names of the Linke Party, or that the Americans were paying off members of the CDU mechanism.
Rumor-wise, the AfD could turn this mess into a much bigger mess.
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