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The former AfD member of the Bundestag Jens Maier: wanted to return to his position as a judge in Saxony
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The former AfD member of the Bundestag Jens Maier, who is classified as a right-wing extremist, is to be put into early retirement.
The Leipzig service court for judges declared a corresponding application by the Saxon Ministry of Justice to be admissible.
The verdict is not yet legally binding.
"After the verdict is before the verdict," said defense attorney Jochen Lober of the dpa news agency.
He will still discuss this with Maier, "but you can assume that we will take action against it."
Lost mandate in the 2021 federal election
The house of Justice Minister Katja Meier had applied for retirement.
The Greens politician argued that anyone who is viewed as a right-wing extremist by state authorities can no longer be a credible representative of the judiciary.
Maier is classified as a right-wing extremist by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Saxony, but he complains.
He had lost his mandate in the 2021 federal election and then wanted to return to the judiciary.
Since then, his case has occupied the Saxon judiciary.
At the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Justice assigned the AfD politician to the Dippoldiswalde District Court, where Maier took up his post in mid-March.
At the same time, however, it applied to the service court for judges for Maier's retirement.
In addition, the ministry reached by urgent request that the 60-year-old was not allowed to speak until a decision was made.
Parallel to the hearing before the service court, disciplinary proceedings against the ex-MP are running at the Dresden Regional Court.
It could also be about the question of whether Maier will lose his salary.
However, this procedure could also take several instances.
swe/dpa
