This revelation led the German Federal Constitutional Court…

This revelation led the German Federal Constitutional Court to drop the case, as it determined that the party's policy was heavily influenced by the state through these informants, and therefore it was hard to distinguish between the actions of the party and the actions of the state. Consequently, this led to a period of "V-Mann-Affäre" or "informant affair" which came with heavily publicized criticism and reforms in how the agency uses such informants.