{"id":1541951,"date":"2025-06-16T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1541951"},"modified":"2025-06-16T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:30:00","slug":"german-commissioner-calls-for-purge-of-afd-members-from-police-ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/german-commissioner-calls-for-purge-of-afd-members-from-police-ranks\/1541951\/","title":{"rendered":"German Commissioner Calls For Purge Of AfD Members From Police Ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"

German Commissioner Calls For Purge Of AfD Members From Police Ranks<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The police commissioner of the German Bundestag, Uli Gr\u00f6tsch, has demanded that all members of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) be removed from the police service.<\/p>\n

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Despite holding an office meant to monitor misconduct and structural problems in the federal police, Gr\u00f6tsch, a Social Democratic Party (SPD) politician, used the platform to argue that AfD membership is incompatible with public service.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfD membership and work as a police officer are not compatible,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Gr\u00f6tsch told the\u00a0Rheinische Post<\/a>, referencing the controversial classification of the party as \u201cdefinitely right-wing extremist\u201d by Germany\u2019s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV).<\/p>\n

\u201cMembership with visible commitment to the AfD must result in removal from service.<\/strong> For me, commitment means openly campaigning for the party, running for the municipal or city council, or even for the Bundestag,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gr\u00f6tsch\u2019s comments clash directly with more moderate voices in the federal government, including those from within the ruling coalition. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt of the Christian Social Union (CSU) dismissed the idea of blanket purges of public servants.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe loyalty to the constitution that is required of civil servants can only be considered on a case-by-case basis,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>he said, as cited by\u00a0Junge Freiheit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Gr\u00f6tsch has aggressively targeted AfD members in the police. In March 2024, he warned that any form of AfD support from within the police ranks was \u201chighly problematic,\u201d describing the party as increasingly radicalized. \u201cIt is devastating when police and judiciary are infiltrated by enemies of the free democratic basic order,\u201d he said, according to Die Welt.<\/p>\n

Gr\u00f6tsch appears to be escalating his efforts. In an earlier interview with Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland, he broadened the scope of concern, stating: \u201cI think it is highly problematic if police employees are members of the AfD or support the party in other ways.\u201d The statement leaves open whether mere support \u2014 including donations, expressions of sympathy, or voting \u2014 might fall under the same scrutiny.<\/p>\n

A controversial internal memo from January 2025, initially reported by Junge Freiheit, further revealed that AfD-affiliated officials within the federal police were being targeted for removal, based on a directive signed by former Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, also of the SPD. The leaked memo stated that active participation in the AfD was grounds for disciplinary action.<\/p>\n

With 54,000 employees in the federal police, including 45,000 officers, the actual number of AfD members within the force is unknown. Critics point out, however, that political membership alone has not been a disqualifying factor in the past \u2014 President of the Federal Police Headquarters Dieter Romann is himself a member of the CDU.<\/p>\n

One passage shared from the internal police intranet stated: \u201cIf membership in such a party becomes known, there are sufficient actual indications that justify the suspicion of a disciplinary offense, at least if the officer is actively involved in such a party.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The AfD has made law and order central to its platform. Many see its focus on border security, national sovereignty, and internal safety as naturally resonant with the concerns of police officers.<\/p>\n

Critics now warn that attempts to exclude those who align with such views could amount to an ideological purge and attempt to stifle political opposition rather than legitimate oversight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read more here…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 06\/16\/2025 – 03:30<\/span><\/p>\n

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