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The head of Germany's intelligence agency warned on Monday of a rise in anti-government extremism fueled by foreign actors such as Russia seeking to divide society and even topple the government. German security agencies have foiled several plots in recent years by small groups accused of planning attacks on critical infrastructure, government officials and even parliament.
It is still not clear how advanced the plans were for attacks against Germany's constitutional order, but authorities have indicated that the now-banned groups had secured weapons and included people who are not usually on the radar of security agencies, such as judges. and police officers.
Thomas Haldenwang, who heads the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or BfV, said the mix of previously known groups - from far-right extremists to those promoting conspiracy theories of the QAnon ideology - and their willingness to use violence was particularly disturbing.
"What connects all these groups is that they despise the state and our democracy, reject it and want to overthrow it," says the head of the German intelligence agency, Thomas Haldenwang, in an interview with the AP news agency.
Mr Haldenwang says anti-government extremists consciously use issues of public importance to incite fear and gain new supporters.
These issues include migration but also government measures to curb the Covid pandemic and combat environmental change.
"All these issues can be used to spread a particular theory and to give the impression that the state is not in control of certain situations and therefore it should be overthrown," he says .
Këto përfshijnë planet e fundit të qeverisë për të nxitur gjermanët që të zëvendësojnë pajisjet e vjetra me naftë dhe gaz për ngrohje, me pajisje më efikase me energji elektrike dhe të padëmshme për mjedisin. Këto plane janë përballur me armiqësi nga partitë opozitare, por edhe grupet ekstremiste, që kërkojnë të shfrytëzojnë frikën e gjermanëve, se do të përballen me kosto të larta, pavarësisht paralajmërimeve nga ekspertët se pajisjet e tanishme janë më të shtrenjta në një plan afatgjatë.
“Sa më komplekse të jetë një çështje, aq më shumë ka një prirje për të kërkuar përgjigje të thjeshta dhe për të vrapuar pas njerëzve që ofrojnë një zgjidhje të lehtë për problemet. Shpesh këta njerëz janë nga qarqet ekstremiste”, tha zoti Haldenwang.
Shefi i inteligjencës gjermane thotë se përpjekje të tilla nxiten në mënyrë aktive nga vende si Rusia, e cila është e interesuar për destabilizimin e demokracisë në ekonominë më të madhe të Evropës.
“Kur e kuptojnë se disa ndjenja në vend mund të çojnë në ndarje, ata pëprpiqen t’i shfrytëzojnë ato. Dhe ne shohim një numër të madh masash që po merren për këtë qëllim”, tha zoti Haldenwang.
Zoti Haldenwang përmendi dezinformimin e përhapur nga media shtetërore ruse dhe platformat e internetit.
Apart from the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which has been put under surveillance by German intelligence, among the most prominent figures attacking the government are the 'Left Party' lawmaker Sahra Wagenknecht and Mr Haldenang's own predecessor, Hans -Georg Maassen, who was fired five years ago after downplaying violence against migrants.
Mr Haldenwang also warns that coup plots like those foiled last year are likely not to be the last
"We are monitoring such efforts intensively, very carefully, and I am sure we will be able to intervene in time together with other security agencies," says Mr. Haldenwang./ VOA
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