Schwerin (dpa/mv) - The judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court against parts of the security and order law of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has meaning beyond the north-east, according to Schwerin Interior Minister Christian level (SPD). In other federal states there are regulations similar to those in MV, level said on Wednesday. The minister announced that he would submit a draft amendment to the security and regulatory law to the state parliament by the end of the year. The specifications from Karlsruhe would be implemented one-to-one.
The Society for Freedom Rights (GFF), which helped initiate the proceedings in Karlsruhe, spoke of a fundamental decision that also sets constitutional limits to the tightening of police laws in other federal states. The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Security and Order Act was reformed in 2020 under the then Interior Minister Lorenz Caffier (CDU).
A central point for the judges in Karlsruhe was the protection of the so-called core area of private life when informants and undercover investigators were used. Accordingly, "the state-induced entering into an intimate relationship for the purpose of obtaining information" is excluded. Also, no one may be recruited as an informant to spy on their own spouse.
Other complaints relate to longer-term observations, spying on and listening to homes, online searches and the monitoring of telecommunications, for example via mobile phones. The point here is that the measure is allowed at a too early stage. According to the Karlsruhe decision, a specific or even urgent danger is usually required.
