Overview
- Julia Klöckner proposes amending the Abgeordnetengesetz so MPs cannot employ or publicly pay staff who are refused a parliamentary house pass for security reasons.
- She argues the current situation is unacceptable because staff can remain on payroll even after being denied building and IT access.
- The Bundestag administration recently declined to issue passes to several parliamentary staffers; the AfD says multiple employees of its MPs were affected.
- Klöckner also calls for a Bundestag police law to enable information sharing with intelligence services to counter hacker attacks and unauthorized access attempts.
- She says recent cases involved security concerns, prior convictions and other red flags, and she plans to suggest a rule drafted as broadly as possible, potentially including constituency offices.