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GERMAN Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced a 10-point plan to combat far-right extremism today.
Ms Faeser said the government wanted “to destroy far-right networks,” which she identified as the greatest threat to German democracy.
Authorities plan to disarm an estimated 1,500 suspected extremists and tighten background checks for those seeking to buy guns. A crackdown is planned on far-right finance including through targeting merchandise, music festivals and martial arts events.
Emphasis will be placed on rooting out far-right activists in the security services and other government agencies. Thomas Haldenwang, head of the BfV security agency, said it was now monitoring the far-right Alternative for Germany party and was aware of a small number of white supremacists who had travelled to Ukraine to fight as volunteers against Russia.
Germany suspended the KSK — an elite special forces wing of the army — in 2020 after discovering officers hoarding firearms, exchanging Nazi salutes and participating in far-right messaging groups.
