Overview

• Deutschen Beamtenbund chair Volker Geyer opposes automatic bans on AfD members and insists that any extremism concerns be examined case by case.
• Geyer warned that blanket exclusions would almost certainly be overturned in court without a legally grounded review process.
• Rhineland-Palatinate’s interior ministry initially announced a blanket ban on AfD hires in early July but quickly revised the policy to focus on individual assessments.
• Under the revised approach, AfD membership alone does not disqualify applicants unless there is credible evidence of extremist activity.
• The debate intensified after the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the AfD as extremist in May and faced a subsequent court stay.