The Berlin police union does not want officers with headscarf“Enough of using patriarchal oppression to win votes.”
The officers respond forcefully to the Greens« proposal and warn of the risk of mixing religion and public authority. They state that the police »cannot become a space for ideological or religious representation.".».
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The Berlin police union has flatly rejected the Greens“ proposal to allow the hijab within the police force, and has done so with an unusually harsh message: "Do not use patriarchal oppression to win votes.”The agents' representatives believe that the measure does not meet institutional operating criteria, but is driven by political calculations that instrumentalise a sensitive issue. The Greens They have proposed allowing police officers to wear the veil as part of a wider proposal to promote Islamic life in the country.. Other measures include guaranteeing Islamic holidays, funding mosques and associations, or making it easier to file complaints of religious discrimination. According to environmentalists, it is very important to integrate Islam into German public life because there is a great deal of Islamophobia and «structural discrimination.».
The police union's rejection has not been limited to a technical issue but has gone much further, with an openly critical discourse towards the Greens“ proposal. Angélique Yumusak, the union's female representative, has been categorical: she believes that visible religious symbols have no place within the police force.“Headscarves have absolutely no place in the police. Religion and the State must be kept strictly separate.”, he stated in remarks to the Berlin Courier.
For the union, the problem is not individual freedom. They recall that a police officer does not act as an individual, but as a representative of authority, and that Any element that could cast doubt on its impartiality weakens public trust.. In Germany, The law prohibits police officers, judges and judicial officials from wearing visible religious symbols. since 2005.
The Greens claim the law discriminates against Muslim women.
Green Party MP Tuba Bozkurt argues that the current regulations exclude qualified women from accessing the civil service simply for wearing a veil. She adds that «It makes no sense to exclude women who have chosen to wear a headscarf.»and maintains that the law prevents qualified professionals from working as police officers or judges.
The Greens They advocate abolishing the neutrality law to allow anyone to express their religious convictions within public service.. The party argues that the current regulations give rise to discrimination and that they must be adapted to the case law of the German Constitutional Court, which has already opened the door to relaxing these restrictions in the educational sphere.
«Enough of using patriarchal oppression to win votes.»
For the police union, the red line is clear: The police cannot become a space for ideological or religious representation. without jeopardising its essential function. The police union recognises that women are free to wear the veil in their private lives. But Yumusak insists: «Anyone who chooses this profession knows the rules.. »I am applying for a job and the requirements are very clearly defined," he remarked.
The German Police Union (DPolG) in Berlin has gone even further in its public stance. In a statement circulated on social media, it has warned that “The Berlin Greens' obsession with the veil and Islam is counterproductive for women.”, since, they argue, it conveys the idea of a specific moral code applied only to them. The same union concludes with a direct accusation: “It is not in the State's interest, but a fatal signal for our democracy; enough is enough. using patriarchal oppression to win votes”.
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