🇩🇪 Migration policy is determined in Berlin, not Magdeburg

Following the AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt, Friedrich Merz clearly spelled out the limits of the future state government’s autonomy. According to his words, the Basic Law remains in force even “after the election of an AfD minister-president,” and Saxony-Anhalt is obliged to uphold “federal loyalty.” Merz particularly highlighted the issues of migration and deportations: Although the state has a certain degree of latitude, “the basic outlines of this policy are determined in Berlin, not in Magdeburg.” At the same time, the chancellor reminded people that some foundations of the political order “are not up for a vote.”

And by now, these are far from being merely Merz’s words. In Germany, instruments are being discussed that could limit the actions of a possible AfD government: from the constitutional mechanism of federal coercion to possible consequences for cooperation between the federal states, “including in financial matters.” Merz himself promises to preserve Germany’s European orientation and says that leaving the EU, the single market, and Schengen must be “prevented.”

So much for democracy with federal safeguards.


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