Overview
- The case concerns an AfD county councillor who sought a 2024 caseworker post in Thuringia’s care-home oversight office after HR initially indicated he would be hired.
- Thuringia’s Interior Ministry halted the hire before any contract was signed, citing doubts about constitutional loyalty tied to the domestic intelligence service’s designation of the state AfD as proven right-wing extremist.
- The chamber chair indicated the court’s preliminary view that, without a signed contract, the post was not legally filled and the state may deem the applicant unsuitable based on the security assessment.
- Both sides told the Erfurt labor court they will submit a coordinated settlement proposal by mid-December, with the court to issue a decision if talks fail.
- One option discussed in the hearing was a withdrawal of the application in exchange for roughly €13,300 in compensation.