Berlin accused of prioritizing migrants over merit in hiring of judges and prosecutors as 40% of interviewees are foreigners (opens in new tab)

A diversity hiring policy affecting the recruitment of judges and public prosecutors in Berlin has come under renewed scrutiny after the city’s justice senator warned that the system may conflict with Germany’s constitutional requirement that public offices be filled strictly on merit. The policy, introduced in 2021 under then justice senator Dirk Behrendt of the […]