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What is Allowed in Satire? – State Parliament Opposes AfD Draft Law for Greater Distance Between Demonstrations and Counter-DemonstrationsOn March 4, 2026, the state parliament briefly debated an AfD draft law. The draft proposed that the distance between demonstrations and counter-demonstrations should be increased. On this “Draft Law Amending the Law of the State of Saxony-Anhalt on Assemblies and Processions”, Christian Hecht (AfD) spoke at the start of the debate: “The issue we present to you today was already debated in this house a little over three years ago. At that time, we called for the assembly law to be further developed so that conflicts between simultaneous but substantively opposing assemblies could be effectively defused.” Similar conflicts also occurred in the Burgenland district. During demonstrations against the COVID-19 measures, government supporters appeared here and there (often from the Antifa camp). A major clash occurred during the farmers' protests in Zeitz when counter-demonstrators even climbed onto the farmers’ tractors. The draft law provides that first registrants should be given priority regarding the conduct of demonstrations. Counter-demonstrations should maintain such a distance that they do not disturb the demonstration registered first. The size of the distance is to be determined at the discretion of the competent assembly authority or the police. Christian Hecht: “Because the problem in practice is obvious. When opposing political camps meet in a heated atmosphere, it often does not remain a peaceful coexistence of conflicting opinions. Intimidation occurs, aggressive domination, noise and other emissions, blockades, pressing situations, and in the worst case, outbreaks of violence. ... Public space must remain a place of pluralism of opinion. But this is not protected by intimidating peaceful participants through aggressive counter-mobilization or by allowing assemblies to take place only under massive disruptive pressure. Where the peaceful withdraw because the reckless set the tone, democracy loses substance.” Dr. Tamara Zieschang – What is Allowed in Satire?Dr. Tamara Zieschang (CDU) stated that the draft law was unconstitutional. She expressed this satirically with the words: “Democracy is demanding. Democracy must tolerate conflicting opinions, or rather: democracy thrives on debate and counter-debate. Therefore, freedom of expression is one of the fundamental achievements of democracy. This also means that I must allow other opinions as long as they are not legally punishable. The same applies to freedom of assembly, which is also a cornerstone of any democracy. Assemblies serve to publicly express a collective opinion. Therefore, assemblies can only be restricted under very narrow conditions. … Why is it so important to tolerate counter-arguments? – Because only in this way can the freedom of all be preserved.”In the Burgenland district, the Legal and Regulatory Office under District Administrator Götz Ulrich (CDU) repeatedly seeks to restrict demonstrations. This recalls the arbitrary conditions imposed on the demonstrations in Zeitz. Processions are only allowed on the streets from a minimum number of participants. Horns and light signals are considered disturbances by the regulatory office. Hardly anything could be more contradictory than the words of Tamara Zieschang (CDU) and the actions in the Burgenland district under District Administrator Götz Ulrich (CDU). It should also be recalled that many politicians have filed criminal complaints against people criticizing politics online. It should also be recalled that censorship still occurs, but is partly outsourced to platform operators under the Digital Services Act (DSA), against whom affected parties must take civil action. The referral of the AfD parliamentary group’s draft law to the responsible legal committee was rejected by the majority of the state parliament. Author: AI-Translation - Michael Thurm | |
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