The University of Greifswald guarantees the outgoing AfD member of the state parliament Ralph Weber all rights and obligations as a university professor if he returns to his old job. Weber had "announced to the law and political science faculty of the University of Greifswald that he would return to his chair for civil law and legal history in the course of the winter semester 2021/2022," said a message from the university.
Greifswald - The student parliament passed a unanimous decision on Tuesday, after which criticism of Weber's return was expressed.
There are fears that those who do not fit into the professor's worldview would be disadvantaged, said Hennis Herbst, chairman of the General Student Committee (AStA), on Thursday.
Therefore, in the resolution, Parliament also called for studying without events at Weber to be possible.
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Weber is considered a representative of the right wing in the AfD.
A party expulsion procedure is in progress against him on charges of behavior that is harmful to the party.
Among other things, he is said to have insulted state chairman Leif-Erik Holm at a party congress as a “state dictator” and his supporters as “sewer rats”.
The university takes the concerns of students very seriously, the statement said.
However, the Weber University of Applied Sciences cannot refuse a return - it refers to the civil service law, according to which Weber is entitled to his old position.
According to Herbst, this was what the students expected.
He assumes that there will be protests during Weber's first lecture on November 2nd, and also expects initiatives from outside the university to participate.
There were also violent protests in 2019 when AfD founder Bernd Lucke returned to the University of Hamburg.
The first lecture was then accompanied by choirs.
In addition to protests, the students in Greifswald also want to continue to approach the university and faculty management and emphasize their demands, according to the Asta chairman.
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