Overview
- President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said teachers cannot neutrally look away from racist or antisemitic remarks and called for solidarity with staff facing extremist attacks in schools.
- Education Minister Karin Prien urged educators to take a clear stance against dehumanizing and extremist statements, calling the lack of uniform documentation an unacceptable gap.
- A Stern and RTL inquiry found ten federal states already record school incidents systematically, while others rely on police statistics, underscoring uneven practices.
- The GEW union, led by Maike Finnern, warned that the AfD leverages a distorted neutrality debate and past complaint portals to pressure teachers, fueling uncertainty about permissible responses.
- Steinmeier emphasized democracy education as a lived schoolwide practice, noting rising strain on public willingness to defend democratic values.