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German CDU Slams Move To Exclude AfD From State Jobs

A controversial new policy in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate has drawn sharp criticism from both the conservative CDU and the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD), after the regional government moved to bar AfD members from working in the public sector. The rule change, introduced by the state’s interior minister, Michael Ebling, a member of the left-wing SPD, requires all applicants for state employment—including teachers, police of…

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Rhineland-Palatinate no longer wants to allow AfD members to enter the public service. Is the Saarland following? A demand at the Ministry of the Interior.

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The Social Democrats' Ministry of the Land has decided to change its rules to exclude any member of the Alternative für Deutschland party from the public service, which revives a lively debate across the Rhine.

·Paris, France
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The government of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate has banned members of the far-right and populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) from employing them in the public sector. The AfD emerged as the second-strongest party in Germany in February's snap elections.

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Supporters of the ultra-right party cannot work for the state: this is the proposal of the government of Rhineland-Palatinate

·Italy
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Rhineland-Palatinate state civil services stop hiring members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) - Current employees also under scrutiny

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Welt broke the news in Dortmund, Germany on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
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