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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Deborah Cole in Berlin

Far-right violence a ‘significant’ threat to German democracy, minister warns

Nancy Faeser and Thomas Haldenwang speaking at a press conference
Nancy Faeser and Thomas Haldenwang present a 400-page report saying crimes by extremists increased by 4,000 last year. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA

A surge in far-right violence, Islamist extremism and cyber-attacks from Russia and China are putting German democracy under “significant” threat, the interior minister, Nancy Faeser, said as she presented a government report on domestic and foreign adversaries.

The wars in Ukraine and Gaza are having strong ripple effects on German security, driving radicalism and attacks, the study by the office for the protection of the constitution (BfV) found.

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