Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) sees the Bavarian police well prepared, should the Corona protests radicalize in a similar way as in Saxony. You will “consistently punish violations of the Assembly Act,” said Herrmann to the editorial network in Germany. Katharina Schulze, leader of the Greens in the state parliament, sees an “urgent need for action” to curb radicalization tendencies. “The entire lateral thinker scene should be more closely watched by the security authorities,” said Schulze. Targeted programs are needed to combat conspiracy myths, anti-Semitism and racism.
According to Minister Herrmann, the number of meeting registrations is growing in Bavaria. He observed with concern that a small but growing number of right-wing extremists, “Reichsbürgern” and anti-Semites are trying to co-opt the demos of vaccination opponents and corona deniers. Meetings are also no longer registered in some cases. Herrmann called the torchlight march of opponents of the Corona policy in front of the house of the Saxon Minister of Health Petra Köpping (SPD) an “attack on our democracy”.