The leader of Germany’s far-right AfD party, Bjorn Hockey, has revealed what plans he has in case he comes to power in the Thuringia region, and has hinted in terms of education that he will specify that children with disabilities will be prevented from attending on a regular basis. schools.
The official, a former teacher, emphasized in an interview with MDR channel that the education system “needs to be liberated from ideological projects related to inclusion.”
The German education system currently allows students with disabilities to attend any school, with the aim of promoting equal participation in society. Politico reports that the law has laid the groundwork since 2009, when the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was ratified.
The remarks soon sparked great controversy and shock, among other parties and associations defending the rights of people with disabilities.
“It’s a blunt, unfiltered view of their thinking world,” says Wilfried Oelers, disability representative for the CDU parliamentary group.
Greens representative Corinna Rufer accused the AfD of “seeing disability as a disease”. He stressed that “excluding people with disabilities from schools will only lead to their exclusion from society.”
Jens Brandenburg, Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs, said that Hooke’s remarks were “simply inhuman”, and noted that the far-right leader was “known for his positions close to the Nazis”.
The latest polls show the AfD in the Thuringian region as the strongest force, with 34% approval, but it is unlikely to come to power in that region, as no other party in the regional parliament has a cooperation agreement or participates in that. Same thoughts. From the parliamentary group led by Hook.
