Overview
- Lawmakers rejected the AfD’s motion to dismiss Interior Minister Georg Maier, voting 47–31 to keep him in office after a heated special session.
- A separate AfD motion attacking his ministry’s oversight of internal police probes failed 44–31, with five BSW lawmakers abstaining.
- The Gera public prosecutor confirmed surveillance of the Hauptpersonalrat line and said personnel and union representatives lack special confidentiality protections.
- Courts have ruled last March’s raids, including at the Police Union’s Thuringia branch, unlawful in the investigation into suspected leaks by police staff representatives.
- The Internal Investigations unit reported to the Interior Ministry until late 2025, prompting questions over political responsibility as the GdP demands full clarification.