Brandenburg: René Wilke Becomes Interior Minister of Brandenburg

Katrin Lange has resigned as Ministry of the Interior, but the affair for the dismissed head of constitutional protection and the AfD upgrade has not been resolved. Now the secret commission meets.

These are turbulent days in the state government of Brandenburg: SPD Prime Minister Woidke introduces a new Minister of the Interior. The election is for the Mayor of Frankfurt (Oder).

Prime Minister Woidke presents a surprising successor for the resigned Katrin Lange: the former mayor of Frankfurt (Oder), René Wilke.

Brandenburg's Interior Minister Katrin Lange resigned after a scandal about the dismissal of the Brandenburg constitutional protection chief. Now René Wilke takes over her office.

Due to the handling of the AfD, the Interior Minister had to leave on Friday, already on Monday Dietmar Woidke presents the possible successor and causes a stir.

In the turmoil surrounding the classification of the AfD as an extreme right in Brandenburg, Interior Minister Lange dismisses the head of constitutional protection. Shortly thereafter, she takes her own hat. Within a few days, her successor appears to have been established.