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https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/04/german-municipalities-to-get-right-of-first-refusal-to-keep-right-wingers-from-buying-property/

Germany’s ministry of construction has submitted a new draft law that would give municipalities the right to buy up property rather than let it fall into the hands of “enemies of the constitution”.

That is the term most commonly applied to members of the biggest opposition party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), and others on the Right.

One critical section of the new law, though, was omitted from the statement – and left deeply buried within the 174-page document.

The new bill, should it be adopted by parliament in its current form, would give German municipalities a right of first refusal to buy up properties that are about to be sold to people who would use them for “activities directed against the free democratic basic order, provided that the facts justify the assumption that the purchaser actively supports the realisation of such activities”.

To exercise that right, municipalities would be authorised to request information about prospective buyers from the Verfassungsschutz, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, as well as from the Federal Criminal Police Office. The Verfassungsschutz operates under the authority of the Interior Ministry and is therefore directly subject to the political direction of the government.

The bill also clarifies that these activities would not have to be illegal for the municipality to step in: “Anti-constitutional activities are characterised by active, though not necessarily militant, aggressive or illegal, measures aimed at achieving their objectives. They must be objectively capable of having political consequences in the short or long term.”

In the past, the label of “anti-constitutionality” has habitually been applied to the AfD by mainstream politics and media. SPD especially has repeatedly pushed for labelling AfD “anti-constitutional” with the goal of banning the entire party outright.