AfD and Cronyism: Too Sick to Teach, but Fit Enough for the Parliamentary Group
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The son of the AfD Group leader in Saarland is not only a member of the group, but also a full-time official teacher: he was healthy enough for party work – he was sick at school for about a year and collected full civil servants' salaries.
The AfD in Saarland is attracting attention with a new form of cronyism: The son of the parliamentary group leader was employed there as a staff member while on sick leave from his primary job as a teacher. Source link: https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/afd-und-vetternwirtschaft-zu-krank-zum-unterrichten-aber-fit-genug-fuer-die-fraktion-a-e75805cd-765f-480c-bc46-2dfba6eeb2ef#ref=rss Author: Publish date: 2026-05-09 05:38:00 Copyright fo…
The AfD in Saarland is striking with a new variant of nepotism: the son of the head of the group was employed there as an employee, while in his main job he was sickly enrolled as a teacher.
According to the Hay Derecho Foundation, the merit indicator of the councillors appointed by SEPI is 4.9 points out of 10.
SAARBRÜCKEN. Last autumn, when the AfD faction in the North Rhine-Westphalian Landtag commented on alleged abuse of medical records in the school service, it found sharp words. Teachers who "behaved for their own benefit at the expense of the state would have to reckon with "unmistakeable consequences", the group's school-political spokesman, Christian Blex, explained. The reason for this was media reports on teachers who, despite prolonged medi…
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