AfD leaders, including honorary chairman Alexander Gauland, have expressed fears that other federal states may manipulate financial allocations to disadvantage Sachsen-Anhalt. Additionally, Björn Höcke, the party’s state chairman in Thuringia, has made controversial claims regarding the federal government’s potential to impose federal oversight under Article 37 of the Basic Law, without substantiating why Sachsen-Anhalt would fail to meet its obligations. The AfD’s rhetoric suggests a strategy of leveraging perceived grievances while simultaneously undermining the established legal framework of the German state.