Overview
- Lawyers for the applicant and the state agreed to submit a coordinated settlement proposal by mid-December, with the court to rule only if talks fail.
- Terms discussed include the applicant withdrawing his bid for the post in exchange for roughly €13,300 in damages.
- The chamber signaled in its preliminary legal view that the state may lawfully refuse hiring based on the Verfassungsschutz assessment of the Thuringia AfD as proven extremist.
- Judges indicated a potential damages claim because the applicant was not given a chance to respond to doubts about constitutional loyalty.
- Interior Minister Georg Maier reiterated that employees active in the AfD can face disciplinary scrutiny and urged clear, uniform criteria for handling such cases.