Overview
- The AfD forced a special Landtag session focused on the Interior Ministry’s handling of internal police probes and is demanding Georg Maier’s dismissal.
- Maier told lawmakers the AfD is seeking political interference in ongoing investigations and said decisions on wiretaps and searches rest with prosecutors and courts.
- Prosecutors in Gera confirmed that internal investigators monitored the Hauptpersonalrat’s phone for months and stated personnel representatives do not have privileged communications.
- A court later ruled that March searches targeting sites including the state branch of the police union were unlawful, intensifying scrutiny of investigative methods.
- The Internal Investigations unit was overseen by the Interior Ministry until late last year, raising accountability questions as union leaders call for clarification and consequences.