State Parliament President Proposes Measures Against Extremism

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Rhineland-Palatinate recently announced an administrative regulation according to which applicants for the public service, civil servants and employees have to declare that they have not belonged to an "extremist organisation" in the past five years. For example, the AfD or the Reichsbürger. After violent protests, a case-by-case examination is now to be carried out. In Baden-Württemberg, the SPD state parliament member Sascha Binder demanded a …

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Stronger access restrictions, control of new employees and new constitutional rules: BW-President Muhterem Aras (Greens) wants to protect the Landtag from extremists.

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State Parliament President Muhterem Aras has presented a package of measures to protect democracy in Baden-Württemberg. The measures are intended to better protect the state parliament and state constitution against extremist influences. Aras referred to the experiences in Thuringia after the 2024 election, where anti-constitutional forces attempted to undermine democratic institutions from within. Among the proposals is stricter vetting of stat…