The German Bundestag, late on Thursday, approved a law to facilitate the removal of "enemies of the constitution" from the judiciary.

The legal amendment extends the deadlines for so-called judicial accountability. Using this tool, state parliaments or the Bundestag can request the Federal Constitutional Court to remove a judge from performing their duties if there are doubts about their loyalty to the constitution.

Katja Meier, the Minister of Justice of Saxony, said, "Enemies of the constitution have no place in the court body."

In August, an official disciplinary complaint was filed against former MP Jens Maier from the far-right party Alternative for Germany, who was also a judge.

The Ministry of Justice in Saxony accused him of violating official duties in his previous position as a judge at the Dresden Regional Court. Dresden is the capital of Saxony, a state located in eastern Germany.

At the request of the Ministry of Justice in Saxony, he was removed from his judicial duties after the Saxony Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified him as far-right extremist.