Landtag Sklat: Wartburg district council in the criticism of election 2024!

Landtag Sklat: Wartburg district council in the criticism of election 2024!

Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Deutschland - A hot topic is bubbling in the Thuringian state parliament, which is bursting with political filming. On June 19, 2025, the district administrator of the Wartburg district, Michael Brodführer, got into the crossfire of criticism. The reason? An appeal that he signed together with district councilors and mayors from the CDU and SPD before the state election in 2024. This appeal warns of strengthening the AfD and the BSW, reports Featuring Thuringia .

The election examination board of the Thuringian state parliament comes to a clear judgment: This campaign represents a "remarkable mistake" because it "inadmissibly intervene in the election campaign" and causes "unconstitutional stigmatization" of competing parties. A total of 17 local politicians signed the appeal, including Brodführer (CDU), Peggy Greiser (SPD-Nah, Schmalkalden-Meiningen) and André Knapp (CDU, Suhl).

dispute in the state parliament

As it looks in Thuringia, the AfD has a firm grip on the state parliament sessions. Again and again they block applications from other parties, which leads to sharp criticism. Interior Minister Georg Maier (SPD) seriously calls for a ban procedure against the AfD. He argues that the party fulfills the prerequisites for a ban because it acts against parliamentarianism, as the Tagesschau

The ex-East representative Marco Wanderwitz (CDU) shares this opinion and sees the AfD a danger to parliamentary democracy. He has already announced that he would submit an application for a ban procedure to the Federal Constitutional Court. In the constituent meeting of the Thuringian state parliament on September 27, 2024, there were massive disorders when the AfD claimed the right to propose for the President of the Landtag. Old President Jürgen Treutler (AfD) opposed applications from other factions, which led to tumultuous scenes.

democratic principles on the test bench

The dispute runs over several hours and leaves not only the parliamentarians, but also the voters with unbelievers faces. The other parties work together to defend the democratic principles. Janine Merz (SPD) and Andreas Bühl (CDU) express this need. Katja Wolf (BSW) also described the day as a new low in political interaction. Constitutional lawyers express themselves concerned about the behavior of the AfD, which is rated as a violation of the constitution, as taz

Now it remains to be seen how the Thuringian Constitutional Court will decide. The Situation is tense and the political actors have a lot to lose. A clear course in this chaotic political landscape could be crucial for the future of Thuringia.