Germany warns of growing threat of extremism, particularly from far-right, with number of politically motivated crimes carried out by extremists reaching record high last year
Alternative for Germany party first entered the national parliament in 2017, after campaigning strongly against migration in the wake of an influx of refugees to Europe during the preceding years. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Thomas Haldenwang, who heads the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or BfV, said on Tuesday that his agency had come to the “sad conclusion” that extremism of all shades is on the rise in Germany. The party has come under scrutiny from the BfV for its links to extremists and also its ties to Russia. Of the 38,800 far-right extremists counted by the agency last year, more than 10,000 are members of the party.
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