The court sought the law ministry’s response after going through a statement by the World Health Organisation, which has declared virginity testing as unscientific, medically unnecessary and unreliable.
The farright Alternative for Germany says it accepts that people can be German citizens regardless of their ethnocultural background, an aboutface for a party whose leading figures have in the past questioned whether immigrants from outside Europe can be integrated.
BERLIN: The far-right Alternative for Germany says it accepts that people can be German citizens regardless of their ethno-cultural background, an about-face for a party whose leading figures have in the past questioned whether immigrants from outside Europe can be integrated.
A declaration posted on the party’s website Monday and signed by dozens of its lawmakers states that AfD acknowledges without reservation that people who have only recently gained German citizenship have the same rights and duties as those whose…