""With its requests, one gets the impression that the AfD is working through a list of tasks assigned by the Kremlin," Maier told the newspaper this week. He pointed out that the Thuringian branch of the AfD had submitted 47 such inquiries to the state parliament in the past 12 months alone and with "increasing intensity and depth of detail." "The AfD is particularly interested in IT and equipment used by the police, for example in the area of drone detection and defense," Maier said."
"In Germany, Kleine Anfragen (literally "small inquiries") are an official parliamentary instrument to help parties obtain information from both federal and state governments that is not publicly available. They are primarily used by opposition parties that do not have direct access to the ministries and authorities of the government apparatus. The governments must respond to the inquiries in writing."
Georg Maier, Thuringian interior minister (SPD), alleges the AfD is abusing Kleine Anfragen to gather sensitive details on transport, water, digital infrastructure and energy supply. The Thuringian AfD submitted 47 such inquiries in the past 12 months with increasing intensity and depth. The inquiries target police IT and equipment, including drone detection and defense, and cover civil protection, health care and Bundeswehr-related equipment. Bjorn Hocke leads the Thuringian AfD parliamentary group and is classified by security authorities as a confirmed right-wing extremist with a prior conviction for using a banned Nazi-era slogan and a record of praising Vladimir Putin's Russia.
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