Status: 07.12.2022 11:51 a.m
Violent overthrow fantasies and conspiracy ideologies: After the raid on a suspected terrorist network, Interior Minister Faeser speaks of an “abyss of the Reich citizen milieu”. The FDP calls for more harshness against extremist officials.
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser declares war on Reich citizens after a major raid on alleged coup plans. “The investigations allow us to look into the abyss of a terrorist threat from the Reich citizen milieu,” explained Faeser. The suspected terrorist organization was “driven by violent fantasies of overthrow and conspiracy ideologies,” stressed the SPD politician.
“Militant citizens of the Reich share hatred for democracy, for our state and for people who stand up for our community.” The security authorities took action against such efforts with all the consistency of the rule of law, explained Faeser and added: “We will continue this tough approach.”
Faeser: “Our rule of law is strong”
However, only the further investigations would show how far the coup plans had already progressed. The minister praised the more than 3,000 police officers who were involved in the raids. “Our rule of law is strong,” explained Faeser. “We know how to defend ourselves with all severity against the enemies of democracy.”
The SPD parliamentary secretary Katja Mast also called for the defense of democratic values. “Our democracy was, is and will remain defensive. There are forces that work every day to undermine our democracy. And our constitutional state must and can defend itself against this,” said the politician.
The violent fantasies of the Reich citizen scene should not be dismissed as slapstick or crazy, added the SPD faction deputy Dirk Wiese to the portal t-online. He warned against underestimating those involved, who would not shy away from violence.
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Kuhle: Tougher action against extremist officials
A tougher pace would also have to be taken in the civil service, demanded FDP parliamentary group leader Konstantin Kuhle. “Particularly problematic is the group’s renewed connection to the Bundeswehr and the police. Anyone who rejects or even wants to eliminate state order in Germany cannot be a civil servant. Public service law must be tightened up quickly here,” Kuhle wrote on Twitter.
He warned that the “extreme right-wing scene is networking with each other, hoarding weapons and dreaming of a ‘coup'” and went on to write: “Our well-fortified democracy will stand against this disgusting brown soup!”
Green politicians pointed out the great potential for danger from right-wing extremist terror. Group leader Katharina Dröge thanked the people in the security authorities on Twitter who “work every day to protect our democracy”.
“We have to take the dangers of right-wing extremism seriously,” warned the co-leader of the Greens, Britta Haßelmann.
Police union calls for more recognition for officers
The police union (GdP) meanwhile called for more support for emergency services. Police successes such as the large-scale raid against the citizens of the Reich should not “conceal many grievances within the police force,” explained GdP boss Jochen Kopelke.
Among other things, he addressed the lack of staff. “And our colleagues feel a rapidly increasing lack of respect for what they do.” Accesses like this are associated with great danger for the emergency services and an enormous amount of investigative and planning effort.
“Many people can’t imagine what it’s like to open a door and not know if there’s a sudden shot, if there’s a booby trap lurking or, or, or,” said the union boss.
In the nationwide raid early in the morning, 25 suspected members and supporters of a terrorist organization were arrested. They are said to have planned an overthrow of the political system.