Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose - this is how Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser comments on the Federal Administrative Court's decision on the "Compact" magazine and the massive criticism of her administration that has resulted. She will continue her fight against "enemies of the constitution", says the SPD politician. The head of the right-wing extremist media company, Jürgen Elsässer, triumphs one day after the decision in the summary proceedings, which temporarily suspended the ban.
Faeser: "Quite normal procedure"
It is good that such bans are also reviewed by the courts in a constitutional state and corrected if necessary, says Faeser. She referred to ban orders issued by her ministry in the past, which were upheld in court, and explained that it was positive that the court had confirmed in principle that it was possible to ban an association against a media company such as "Compact". Now we have "lost in parts", says Faeser. She adds: "It is a completely normal process."
After the provisional failure of the "Compact" ban, Faeser was criticized by the CDU/CSU and AfD, but also by her coalition partner FDP. "The urgent decision against the "Compact" ban casts a devastating light on Ms. Faeser's expertise," said Alexander Hoffmann, Parliamentary Secretary of the CSU in the Bundestag. Konstantin Kuhle, deputy leader of the FDP parliamentary group, described the court's decision as "embarrassing for the Federal Ministry of the Interior". The "Compact" magazine can now present itself as a victim, Kuhle told "Der Spiegel". What no one is saying, but many are probably thinking, is that the defeat in court could play into the hands of the AfD in the upcoming state elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg in September, which had unsuccessfully sued in two instances against the classification of the entire party as a suspected right-wing extremist case. "Faeser must now take her hat off," demands AfD chairwoman Alice Weidel.
