Chief of the Upper Austrian Border Police Wanted to Join AfD

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Request was rejected because of his residence in Austria. The case became known by leaked AfD-mails after a hacker attack.

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A high-ranking Austrian police officer wanted to join the German AfD. The motives for the idea were supposed to have been more private than political. The fact that the project ultimately failed was due to the strict "foreign policy" of the AfD.

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The request of the top police officer Walter Folger-Mangel met with interest in the party, but the statutes of the AfD did not allow foreigners with foreign main residence

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LINZ. A hacker attack on the AfD revealed that the head of the Austrian border police apparently wanted to become a member of the AfD. The standard reported this on Friday in its online edition.

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A hacker attack on the German AfD has also revealed a connection to Upper Austria. A former head of the border police apparently wanted to become a member of the party. However, his request was rejected.