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ZDF Interview Challenges Siegmund Over AfD Doctor DemandsOn Morgenmagazin, Ulrich Siegmund discussed foreign doctors and their admission with Andreas Wunn.
- According to the article, foreign doctors account for one quarter of all physicians in Saxony-Anhalt.
- The AfD’s election platform identifies language barriers and cultural differences as problems involving foreign doctors.
- Siegmund proposed a stricter admission examination for foreign doctors, similar to a state examination.
- Wunn countered that a strict language examination has existed since 2015, with one third failing.
The important thing is that we talk to each other again, to bridge the gaps.— Ulrich Siegmund, AfD lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, in a ZDF-Morgenmagazin interview
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