This piece criticises the German Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's plan to purge middle-ranking civil servants in Saxony-Anhalt, arguing that such actions constitute a proto-totalitarian move that undermines democratic principles and constitutional protections, while also cau
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We did agree that we would run a different process should he decide to pursue a candidacy, which is not for him to go through the full process. We're asked to show up to all the regional meetings and so on. So we would have a much shorter process for him uh that basically kicked off last week and really kicked off on Saturday when he met with the committee putting together the list. He didn't go through the other process because you know we've got to recognise when someone someone steps out of a role like this, you do have to preserve the independence. Fair enough.
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threat to independence and neutrality of state institutions
New purge to give totalitarian control of police, schools, prison, bureaucracy of German stateintegrity in safeguarding police autonomy
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