Another day, another ridiculous rule-of-law violation in Germany.
A police officer of fifteen years, who briefly served as the local AfD’s parliamentary group leader in the state of Brandenburg, has been denied a position at the federal Criminal Investigation Department (Kriminalpolizei) after it was initially given to him, with the court now deciding against his appeal over his apparent lack of “constitutional loyalty.”
According to the German press, the officer applied for a higher civil service position at the Department last April, passed the formal screenings, was deemed qualified for the job, and received approval in November, only for the agency to revoke it in March this year, on the grounds of his past affiliation with AfD, which raised “doubts about his suitability and character.”
The officer then took the case to the Berlin Administrative Court, arguing political and ideological discrimination, and saying he had long distanced himself from the party professionally.
However, the court ultimately decided against him, ruling that the fact that he also stood as an AfD candidate in a previous local election means he didn’t distance himself enough from the party and political ideals, which raises “well-founded doubts about his loyalty to the constitution.”
To be clear, there are no laws in Germany that would prevent former politicians from taking federal civil service jobs. Such moves are only enacted against members and supporters of the AfD, a party that’s been fighting the mainstream elite’s criminalization attempts for years.
The German police began purging its ranks of AfD supporters last year, after the country’s federal police commissioner declared that “AfD membership and working as a police officer are incompatible,” because the party was, in their eyes, threatening Germany’s democratic order.
The same democratic order that tries to outlaw, defund, and spy on the opposition, that intimidates and silences opposition media, and raids elderly citizens for daring to insult politicians on social media.
No wonder the AfD is surging in the polls, confidently taking the lead as the country’s most popular party. In the most recent YouGov poll, AfD’s popularity reached 29%, while Chancellor Merz’s ruling CDU dropped to a record low of only 20%.
Tamás Orbán is a political journalist for europeanconservative.com, based in Brussels. Born in Transylvania, he studied history and international relations in Kolozsvár, and worked for several political research institutes in Budapest. His interests include current affairs, social movements, geopolitics, and Central European security. On Twitter, he is @TamasOrbanEC.
