Germany ' s Constitutional Court rules interior minister breached law by criticizing far - right AfD partyPresiding judge Andreas Vosskuhle pronounces the judgement on a complaint by the far - right Alternative for Germany ( AfD ) party against German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe , Germany , 09 June 2020 . The court has ruled that Seehofer violated the neutrality of his office and infringed the principle of equality of opportunity after saying in an interview that the AfD was ' corrosive for the state . ' The interview was published on the interior ministry ' s homepage for around two weeks . The AfD brought the case to the highest court , accusing Seehofer of having unlawfully used state resources to spread a party - political message . EPA / RONALD WITTEK ▶ 코로나 19 속보 는 네이버 연합뉴스 에서 [ 구독 클릭 ] ▶[ 팩 트 체크 ] 뜨거운 감자 ' 비동 의 간음죄 '▶ 제보 하 기