Sicherheit: Kehren Polizisten Sachsen-Anhalt den Rücken? Überdurchschnittlich viele Versetzungsanträge nach AfD‑Sieg
In Sachsen-Anhalt könnte der erste Innenminister aus Reihen der AfD ins Amt kommen. Manche Beamte wollen das Bundesland deshalb lieber verlassen. Doch das ist gar nicht so einfach.
In the past two weeks, a report by Focus caused a stir: "After Left-wing victory in Berlin, 72 police officers request reassignment." This number is three times higher than the number of officials seeking reassignment in the previous year, in 2025. Several federal states, such as Baden-Württemberg and Brandenburg, actively applied for Berlin police officers after the leftist victory in the capital.
Many police officers fear a change in security policy if the left takes over the Red City Hall. However, what is the situation in another federal state, where a far-right extremist government threatens just a few weeks after the first federal election? In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD, which the state's Constitutional Protection classifies as clearly extremist, became the strongest party with 43.8% of the voter votes early in September.
By mid-December, AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund plans to be elected the state's Minister-President. Simultaneously, the first AfD Interior Minister in federal politics could threaten to emerge. Being an Interior Minister would automatically make them the chief of all state police forces.
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