Scholz duped Seehofer: a study on racism among the police is coming

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has so far vehemently rejected a study on racism among the police.

Now Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced something surprising.

• Politicians have been arguing for weeks

  about a study on

  racism within the police

  .

• Is there a surprising solution now?

  According to

  Olaf Scholz

  it sounds like this.

• According to a report, the

  SPD interior ministers

  would have to

  orientate themselves towards

  CSU interior minister

  Horst Seehofer

  .

Berlin - Vice Chancellor

(SPD *) surprisingly announced that the federal government

wanted to investigate

.

"There will be a study," said the politician according to the

podcast "Machiavelli".

“We're still thinking about what to call them.” He exchanges ideas “every other day” with Federal Interior Minister

(CSU *).

According to information from the

, a solution is emerging.

Seehofer has

a racism study that only focuses on the police

.

However, he was open to investigating the security authorities as part of a comprehensive study on racism in society.

Last week, Seehofer emphasized that “we have no structural problem with right-wing extremism in the federal and state security authorities”.

Racism in the police: Scholz attacks Seehofer - "Study should have been commissioned long ago"

Scholz criticized in the

podcast: “

He was confident that this would now happen soon.

After the exposure of

of police officers in several federal states, the SPD had already requested a comprehensive racism study from the police.

Seehofer had argued, however, that it was wrong

to focus

solely on the

when investigating this phenomenon

.

That would put the police under

suspicion, he said.

Debate about racism study: NRW interior minister warns of "party political bickering"

Now the discussion within the Union amounts to a

solution consisting

of

, reported the

, citing the North Rhine-Westphalian Interior Minister

(CDU *).

The SPD interior ministers should follow the path taken by Seehofer, "party political bickering" should not exist on this important issue, Reul told the newspaper.

According to this, there should be a separate analysis of the facts from the

on right-wing extremism in the security authorities and this report should be extended to the

.

In addition, a comprehensive study of racism in all areas of society will be commissioned without restricting this to professional groups.

Finally, a study is to be added that investigates the

of police candidates, the

the police and the

.

(dpa / frs)