The non-party is to become the new Berlin Senator for Justice.
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Berlin Migration history, AfD hunter, cyber defense expert: The Berlin CDU is bringing a top official from German security authorities to Berlin: Felor Badenberg, Vice President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution since June 2022, is to become a senator for justice in the black-red coalition of CDU country chief Kai Wegner. The daily mirror found out.
The Christian Democrats are delighted that they were able to win the 47-year-old for office as an independent. Because with the doctorate in law, the CDU is sending a clear signal and is thus setting itself apart from the right. Badenberg headed the area for right-wing extremism and counter-terrorism at the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. She had played a key role in the classification of the AfD as a suspected right-wing extremist – also against the concerns of the then Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU).
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