The plate of the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) fixed on the facade of the building is seen in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, on March 1, 2016. Germany's highest court will hear a landmark request to ban the neo-Nazi fringe NPD party, more than a decade after a first attempt failed. The case before the Federal Constitutional Court will argue that the far-right and anti-immigrant National Democratic Party (NPD) spells a threat to the country's democratic order. / AFP / THOMAS KIENZLE