Overview

• Education Minister Steffen Freiberg said precise guidelines for schools will be drawn up with the Interior Ministry following the AfD Brandenburg extremism classification.
• Freiberg emphasized that teachers must swear and uphold constitutional loyalty, and that the state will intervene if there are substantial individual doubts.
• He characterized the issue as a civil-service law matter and said party membership alone is not a hiring criterion for teachers.
• The Interior Ministry stated that any labor-law consequences for civil servants will be decided individually, and noted that routine Verfassungsschutz checks before the oath have been in place since 2024 and are under review.
• The Verfassungsschutz designation of AfD Brandenburg as firmly right-wing extremist has fueled discussion about a possible party ban and caused concern among AfD members in public service about their jobs.