BERLIN — Far-right terrorism and extremism are the biggest danger facing democracy in Germany today, the domestic intelligence agency chief says, after the country was hit by several extremist attacks in recent months.
The most radical right-wingers number 32,000 in the country, says BfV chief Thomas Haldenwang, adding that 13,000 are considered potentially violent.
“Right-wing extremism and right-wing terrorism are currently the biggest danger for democracy in Germany,” he says at a press conference.
His agency also placed under formal surveillance the far-right AfD party’s most radical faction Fluegel (The Wing), which now has about 7,000 members.
Haldenwang says security officials believe the Fluegel violates “characteristic features of the free democratic basic order, human dignity, democracy and the rule of law.”
— AP
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