In extreme cases, the federal government could appoint a federal commissioner and remove the state government from power if it fails to comply with federal laws, Kubicki told the news channel ntv. These measures under Article 37 of the Basic Law require the approval of the Bundesrat, which can also withdraw them.
Federal coercion has never been applied so far, and legal experts say there is a lack of experience with it. A deployment of the Bundeswehr inside the country is not possible, but the use of the Federal Police, for example, would be. Kubicki rejected financial sanctions against Saxony-Anhalt: “This proposal is absurd,” he said.
The judiciary could stop unlawful plans by the AfD, Kubicki argued further. Demands from the AfD’s election program to push out foreign doctors were not enforceable: “In a constitutional state, that doesn’t work as easily as the AfD imagines. Every court will immediately intervene. Don’t worry.”
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt as a confirmed right-wing extremist organization, as it sees violations of human dignity and the principle of democracy in its program.
Source: www.zeit.de
