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Nepotism in the Bundestag: Union Proposes Stricter Rules Against Nepotism
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After allegations of nepotism against the AfD, the Union proposes rules to prevent the employment of relatives in representative offices. However, in order to prevent abuse, the "necessary decency" is also important.
MEPs are not allowed to employ close relatives; the Union wants to tighten this rule; in future, relatives should not work for other Members.
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group has put forward concrete proposals for a law against nepotism in parliamentary offices. "Relatives of a member of parliament should no longer be employed in other MPs' offices and paid from the staff allowance," Hendrik Hoppenstedt (CDU), parliamentary manager of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, told the news magazine POLITICO (Tuesday). "We will also make it clear that MPs may not employ anyone w…
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