Isn't rebranding also illegal? They can't just make notAfD-2.
Though for my money, every person associated with the party should be banned from politics. Some should go to jail for undermining democracy and the state at the behest of Russia.
"biggest party" also doesn't imply what it might in a US context. It's still a minority of the country. The overwhelming majority of the country is anti-AfD
There is a LOT of misinformation about how the EU works, all pushed by bad faith actors trying to undermine the EU because together we are a threat to their influence.
No idea. I've certainly heard this in certain conservative circles. Maybe you didn't get that far in the pipeline.