Overview
- The Bundestag administration confirmed that seven staffers were refused house passes after security vetting.
- The AfD says the affected include two parliamentary group employees and five staff to individual MPs, alleging that access and salary payments are being withheld.
- Officials have not disclosed the specific findings behind the refusals, and the AfD criticizes a rules shift from averting “dangers” to “risks” as too vague.
- AfD parliamentary manager Bernd Baumann plans legal action against Bundestag President Julia Klöckner over what he calls discrimination against the party.
- Klöckner has proposed formal rules to bar those who fail checks from MP offices and halt public pay, a move that would require legal changes and is not yet decided.