According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, the “last generation” shows no tendency towards extremism. So far, “no intensification of the forms of protest” can be determined. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution recently made a similar statement about the climate activists.
The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) currently sees no danger of the “Last Generation” group becoming radicalized. The authority informed him SWR on request with. According to this, the BKA has not yet received any information on possible links to extremism or on radicalization tendencies of the “last generation” or even individual group members.
The BKA stated that “no intensification of the forms of protest” could be determined so far, both with regard to the “quality of the crimes” and the “acting of the potential people involved”.
Differences between “criminals and extremists”
According to the authority, an evaluation for the period 2022 to 2023 resulted in a total of 580 politically motivated crimes that can be assigned to the group. “The majority of the crimes were committed in the context of road blockades,” it said. A total of 740 people came to the attention of the police in the context of the “last generation”.
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) recently said that it was right for the police to intervene in the climate protests and for activists to be sentenced if necessary. However, there are differences between “criminals and extremists,” she told the “Bild am Sonntag”.
According to the President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang (CDU), his authority does not have sufficient evidence to assess the group as extremist. Since the basic attitude of the activists is to refrain from active violence, there is no extremism. In this assessment, he agrees with all 16 state offices for the protection of the constitution.
BKA: Climate policy is a central concern
According to BKA information, the central concern of the group is to influence German climate policy in the direction of what they see as a more sustainable orientation. “Both the website and the holding of lecture events are aimed at connectivity, which is additionally underlined by the non-violent action consensus,” a spokesman said SWR.
So far, the BKA has not received any information that would allow subordinating the goals and ultimately the “last generation” group to the definition of extremism.