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Magdeburg Court Rules 2025 Search of CDU Parliamentary Offices Unlawful

Judges said investigators should have asked the state parliament to hand over records instead of conducting a raid.

Overview

  • The Landgericht Magdeburg found the Amtsgericht’s July 1, 2025 search order disproportionate and invalid.
  • Complaints filed by nine individual lawmakers were rejected as inadmissible because they lacked standing.
  • A separate complaint from the SPD parliamentary group is still pending, with a decision to follow.
  • Any request by the CDU to have seized documents returned must first be decided by the Amtsgericht Magdeburg.
  • The raids targeted CDU, SPD and AfD offices over disputed allowances reported by the taxpayers’ association, the CDU stopped the payments after the searches, and the embezzlement probe remains open.