nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/cb86122225bb3399 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260424s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/cb86122225bb3399 doi eng 342 23 Steinbeis, Maximilian Author aut Making Abuse More Costly - What the Federal Legislature Could Do to Better Protect Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and All of Us from Authoritarian Populists Steinbeis, Maximilian Verfassungsblog 2026-04-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier What happens when executive power in a German federal state falls into the hands of authoritarian populists? Everyone knows by now that this can happen – and will, perhaps rather soon. Elections are scheduled in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in September; within six months, the AfD could control two of Germany's 16 state justice ministries. We are taking a close look: with additional editorial capacity, we will follow both states before, during, and after the elections – in a dedicated Spotlight section on Verfassungsblog. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarian Populism Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Resilience Sachsen-Anhalt Richter, Janos Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/making-abuse-more-costly/ raw object