Germany’s extremist far-right party Die Heimat (The Homeland), formerly known as the National Democratic Party (NPD), has been banned from receiving any state funding for the next six years. The decision was made by Germany’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday after lengthy proceedings. Die Heimat will also be stripped of preferential tax treatment generally afforded to parties and political donations. In 2017, the Constitutional Court ruled that the party, then known as the NPD, was hostile to Germany’s constitutional and democratic order. But the court decided against banning the fringe party, …