Boris Rhein, the chief executive of Hesse and a member of the CDU, warned that an AfD‑run state would force a fundamental shift in how Germany’s sixteen Länder cooperate. In an interview with the Funke‑Mediengruppe podcast “Meine schwerste Entscheidung”, he explained that the usual channels for exchanging information would no longer work in the same way.
Rhein said state leaders have already begun to contemplate such a scenario. “It is still only a hypothesis at the moment, but we must certainly think about what happens if the AfD comes to power” he told the podcast. “How do we handle it? That is a question we need to pose ourselves, or we are being reckless by ignoring it”.
He added that in the event of an AfD takeover, a detailed examination would be required of how security‑relevant data-normally shared between states-would be handled. “We would have to look at which information we can use and which we cannot” he explained.
When asked whether cross‑state tracking of far‑right offenders would still be possible, Rhein answered affirmatively. “Yes” he said. “The police are well positioned, and they can act largely independently of state governments. That, from my perspective, remains guaranteed”.
