Thuringia after the election: An intelligence assessment

Thuringia votes: Will the AfD scandals have an impact in the state elections on September 1, 2024? The AfD came away empty-handed in the run-off local elections in June for the Thuringian district councillor posts, with the CDU and SPD now the main candidates. The elections are seen as a test of public opinion for the state elections in September. However, the AfD received almost a third of the votes in Thuringia in the European elections, which took place at the same time.

After the election, we want to focus on the election result, its consequences and discuss a question that has been raised: What actually happens when authoritarian populist parties get their hands on state power? In Thuringia, the presidents of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the police are so-called political officials - and that harbors great dangers: Future governments could use the security authorities against their opponents. What can be done?

We want to discuss the situation after the elections - but also an analysis of the results of the "Thuringia Project" research project - with Thuringia's top constitutional protector Stephan Kramer. This project was initiated by Verfassungsblog on the resilience of democracy and the rule of law throughout Germany and ends with the state elections.

 

PARTICIPANTS

Stephan J. Kramer, President LfV Thuringia

Stephan Lenz, CDU MdA Berlin

MODERATION

Prof. Dr. Helmut Müller-Enbergs, Political scientist

 

Admission free!

 

 

Translated with DeepL

Next date:

• Date Tuesday, 26/November/2024 19:00
• Venue Deutsches Spionagemuseum
• Address Leipziger Platz 9, 10117 Berlin-Mitte