Hesse's Prime Minister and head of the Hessian CDU, Rhein, has called for a change in approach toward the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Bundestag. According to him, the CDU should help the party secure chairmanships of parliamentary committees. Tagesspiegel ↗
Rhein justifies his position by arguing that the AfD was elected by voters and therefore should not continue to be blocked in parliament. He rejects the policy of systematically excluding it from parliamentary posts, but also opposes initiating proceedings to ban the party. n-tv ↗
The AfD welcomed Rhein's statement. Its parliamentary manager, Baumann, said the proposal was a step toward treating the party differently in the Bundestag. The AfD has long criticized the decisions of other parliamentary parties that prevent it from leading committees. Deutschlandfunk ↗
Representatives of the coalition parties disagree with Rhein's position. The dispute concerns mainly whether the AfD's participation in committee leadership should follow automatically from its election result, or whether political and substantive criteria should also be decisive.
Rhein also again rejected proceedings aimed at banning the AfD. He further advocates continuing the so-called debate about the image of cities, which he says cannot be stopped. The next steps will depend on negotiations between the parliamentary parties over committee seats and on whether the CDU decides to support his proposal. Deutschlandfunk ↗
Hesse's Prime Minister Rhein wants the AfD included in Bundestag committee leadership
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Ausschuss-Vorsitzende - AfD begrüßt Vorstoß von Hessens CDU-Chef Rhein - Kritik von Koalitionsvertretern
Deutschlandfunk
| 14:43 04.10.
Ministerpräsident - Hessens CDU-Chef Rhein wirbt für AfD-Ausschussvorsitzende
Deutschlandfunk
| 09:48 04.10.
„Die Partei ist gewählt“: Hessens CDU-Chef spricht sich für AfD-Ausschussvorsitze im Bund aus
Tagesspiegel
| 08:10 04.10.
Streit um Vorsitz in Ausschüssen: Hessens Ministerpräsident will AfD im Bundestag nicht länger ausgrenzen
n-tv
| 08:02 04.10.
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